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From tennis to pickleball courts, Eugenie Bouchard has mixed emotions about the two. After achieving success on the tennis front, she recently achieved her first victory in pickleball after getting into the sport this year. But her victory came in such an unusual way that she herself was left laughing over her win, as she couldn’t deny making fun of it.
While her victory came as a huge surprise, Eugenie Bouchard received heartfelt congratulations from a lot of tennis players, including Caroline Wozniacki. Let’s take a look at what the victories are all about, which has created quite a stir even in the tennis arena.
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How did Eugenie Bouchard make fun of her own pickleball victory?
Recently, the 30-year-old Canadian tennis player took to her Instagram account to share how she achieved her, “first pickleball win!!!” As she is currently focusing on improving her pickleball skills, Eugenie Bouchard’s most-awaited first victory of the pickleball tour came because of a walkover that her opponent did.
She shared a screenshot of her phone in which there was a message that clearly talked about how the Canadian had defeated another inactive tennis player, Dominique Schaefer. Along with that, she herself laughed out loud over her victory. She silently, in small letters, wrote the reason behind such an achievement, “by walkover.”

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PARIS, FRANCE October 02. Eugenie Bouchard of Canada in action against Iga Swiatek of Poland in the third round of the Women’s Singles competition on Court Simonne Mathieu during the French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on October 2nd 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
Moving on to the next story, she shared a screenshot of comments she had received on the victory. In addition, she wrote, “Thank you guys so much for the support. means the world. Couldn’t have done it without you all.” While there were a lot of well-known personalities from the tennis world, the one comment that stood out was from the Danish tennis player, who shared a very straightforward reaction to the victory.
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She reacted to the story with a laughing-out-loud emoji, highlighting how she even felt the same about the victory. But on the other hand, there was an ATP player who was quite happy with the way things turned out to be. It was none other than her dear pickleball friend, Sam Querry, who was also previously a popular tennis player.
Sam Querry joins in the congratulations chaos
In one of the stories where Eugenie Bouchard shared her gratitude for all the wishes she has received over the victory, after the former world number one, it was Sam Querry. After retiring from tennis, he has found a new life in pickleball, Since then, he has been quite active on social media, having conversations with Canadian players over the new sport.
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His comment on Bouchard’s post read, “Congrats”. While it was quite an amazing win for the 30-year-old, the American former tennis player made sure to consider her efforts and wished her the win. Nevertheless, what are your thoughts on Bouchard’s victory? Do let us know in the comment section below.
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