ISTANBUL — Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the second round of the Istanbul Tennis Championship.
Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., beat world No. 133 Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday at the WTA Tour clay-court event. The 26-year-old Bouchard, ranked 272nd, broke Tomova six times. Neither player was particularly effective with serve, but Bouchard had better percentages on points won on first serve and second serve .
Bouchard, who got into the main draw by winning two qualifying matches, will next face top seed and world No. 34 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia. Kuznetsova is 3-0 lifetime against Bouchard.If she loses her next match, Bouchard is projected to rise to No. 239 in next week's rankings.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An incorrected date appeared in a previous version.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
Istanbul. How the mighty have fallen.
Is she still ranked 272 in the world?
Great picture...I mean out of all the pics you could chose, why this
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