Eugenie Bouchard has fired back at those who mock her life off the tennis court, something she says she has been experiencing for years. The former world No. 5 had her best year in 2014, when she reached the Wimbledon Final, becoming the first Canadian-born player to do so.
Though she lost to Petra Kvitova, Bouchard made her mark on the court — but it was her life away from tennis that the haters attacked, negatively impacting the Montreal native’s confidence and overall game. “Back in the day, I could train six hours during the day before later posting on social media about being at the movies and I would get hate,” she said in an interview with . “It was like, well, social media isn’t an exact representation of my day.
” The 30-year-old continued: “It’s great that the world has changed over the past 10 years and now not only is it acceptable to do off-court things, it’s actually encouraged. Back in the day, I felt like I was being shoved into a box, like, you can’t do anything besides tennis.” But she defended her choices, saying it was her sport that gave her “opportunities to explore the fashion world, TV and all these other things.
Why would I say no? We’re talking about my life in its entirety here.” Bouchard’s social pages are a mix of sporty photos and videos, red carpet events, Hollywood parties, and plenty of bikini shots that her fans can’t get enough of. “I would get so much hate for doing anything other than tennis,” Bouchard .