I can't stand Taylor Swift. Someone gave me a ticket to go to the concert yesterday and i gave it away to an sp.
Eugenie Bouchard
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I can't stand Taylor Swift. Someone gave me a ticket to go to the concert yesterday and i gave it away to an sp.
"Butch" finally won a match!!!!
She won her first match since June 23rd. This time, it came in Cincinnati. She won in two sets by 7-6, 7-6. I suppose getting knocked out in the first round for the past 3 months gave her the energy (and rest) she needed to finally win a match! Go Bouchard!! :thumb:
She won her first match since June 23rd. This time, it came in Cincinnati. She won in two sets by 7-6, 7-6. I suppose getting knocked out in the first round for the past 3 months gave her the energy (and rest) she needed to finally win a match! Go Bouchard!! :thumb:
Grand amateur de tennis, je viens de découvrir ce thread sur Eugénie. Je me promets de lire en entier mais je me demande si on a établi ici un lien entre les déboires d'Eugénie et sa vie sexuelle depuis un an? Ce serait un point essentiel pour justifier qu'on parle d'elle ici!
ledoux this is the Sports section of Merb......sex discussions here are optional and not mandatory.
Ledoux, there's no reason to justify anything. The 'Eugenie Bouchard' thread is a sports thread located in the sports section. It's just like the 'habs' thread, the 'Leafs' thread, the 'baseball' thread, etc. We can talk about them without being any link or relevancy to sex.
That's fine I'll take the optional option...Believe me, before reading this thread I already had in mind that the miserable season she had had something to do with her ''love'' life. She used to be a nice discreet girl concentrated on her sport, now we hear about her hanging out in public with some hockey player...Obviously something has changed for her in the last year. I might be wrong (mind you, it could be all that money blowing out her mind) , but I could be damm right. So guys don't be so puritan about your ''merb'' sports section!
Doc Holliday, in term of sport journalism my ultimate reference is ''L'équipe'' in France, I have no illusion and no interest in the merb sports section unless it has to do with sex...That's why I'm taking the optional option,
If you want my opinion, here it is:
It has nothing to do with the fact she's going out with Jordan Caron. As a matter-of-fact, they've been an item for nearly 3 years. People simply believed the b.s. that she was claiming that 'they were just friends'. Yeah, right!
Firing her longtime coach Nick Saviano surely didn't help matters. They had been a team since she was 12 years old.
She may be suffering from some form of sophomore jinx. But my take on it is that she's been simply overwhelmed with all the hoopla surrounding her. She's now a global star, much more than simply being a Canadian or Quebecois star. She now has all kinds of lucrative marketing endorsement contracts with various companies, including modelling gigs. She's learning that life at the top isn't always what it's made out to be. Other young former tennis prodigies fell victim to the pressure: Jennifer Capriati & Ana Ivanovic, among many others. It's could to see that Ivanovic has now re-found her game, but she's a mentally fragile athlete and still hasn't totally regained her confidence. In an individual sport such as professional tennis, confidence is responsible for 90% of a player's success....or failures.
Miss Bouchard also has different people advising her. Her so-called 'team' shields her from criticism and the 'real' world as much as possible. What Eugenie Bouchard has needed for nearly a year is a sports psychologist, which is the last thing her 'team' wants. They do not want any 'sports psychologist' to poison her mind against them or what would actually be the most beneficial for her.
Bouchard has also had to deal with various injuries over the season. Several of those injuries were suffered during her surprisingly successful first year and she has yet to fully heal from them. Blame the rigorous and very demanding WTP schedule for this. Another reason i believe for her disappointing play is her playing weight. The baby fat is now gone. She's thinner than she was a year ago (heck, she barely has any boobs left!) and just taking a look at her thighs and comparing them to last year's and you'll see what i mean. The people she replaced the Saviano team convinced her that the way to go was to get fitter and thinner, which would not only lead to a better game, but would be more beneficial for modelling endorsements and contracts.
Eugenie Bouchard may or may not bounce back. I'd say that as of now, the odds are against her. She needs to make drastic changes in her professional life and i'm not convinced these changes will come anytime soon. Re-uniting with Nick Saviano and dedicating herself 100% to him would be a good start, but her 'team' will not allow this.
I've tremendously enjoyed watching her a year ago. She's still by far the best female tennis player this country has every produced. I'll forever be a fan.
Comparing her who is now 21 to Jennifer Capriati who became a rising star at 14 might not be accurate. Otherwise, excellent comments doc!
I also wish her the best as we need her to be an example for our nice looking canadian girls so they stop playing hockey, rugby and so on (beach volleyball could be an exeption!) and dedicate themselves to the best sport on earth!
I also wish her the best as we need her to be an example for our nice looking canadian girls so they stop playing hockey, rugby and so on (beach volleyball could be an exeption!) and dedicate themselves to the best sport on earth!
Wow really!? She is obviously trying to find herself, usually this can be make it or break it time for an athlete. I hope she'll find the strenght and the focus to bounce back
I dunno. Maria Sharapova fired him after just one tournament. I almost have the feeling that no one else wants or is available to coach her right now. Sad!
Moi c'est le contraire...Ça me fait grincer les oreilles, et j'en bande pas plus...
