Serious and triumphant return of Bouchard: rosco a Kudermetova

Eugenie Bouchard, who usually stands out more for her activity on social networks than for her tennis, starred in a serious and forceful return this Monday to the official competition at the Prague Open in the Czech Republic. The 26-year-old Canadian tennis player and 330th in the world, she swept Veronika Kudermetova (23rd and 40th) with a donut included: 6-0 and 6-3 in 75 minutes. The penultimate victory of the former world number five on land was more than two years ago in Gstaad, precisely against Kudermetova and with another 'donut' (7-5 ​​and 6-0).

Bouchard gave no option to a rival who lost against Garbiñe Muguruza earlier this year in the knockout stages in Dubai. “I'm proud of myself for the way I was really focused.”said Genie, who had played some exhibition matches on clay that helped him “mentally” to face a tournament like the one in Prague, which is played on clay. Bouchard accumulates this year a positive balance of 4-3.

The Canadian will see them in the second round with the Czech Siniakova (54th) or the Slovenian Zidansek (72nd), who will face this Tuesday after an opening day of the first round that was suspended in part due to the rain and that resulted in the most surprising double 6-0 of the Ukrainian Kostyuk (18 years and 140th) to the Australian Sanders (25 and 74th). In the picture, the number two in the world stands out, Simona Halep, who will see them with the Slovenian Hercog (around 1:00 p.m.), and there is the Spanish Sara Sorribes, who will face (around 14:30) in her debut against the Czech Barbora Strycova.