Eugenie Bouchard's tennis nightmare laid bare at US Open
Eugenie Bouchard has lost her 12-straight match as her nightmare run continued to the US Open.
The Canadian star is out of the year’s final grand slam after a first-round loss to 12th-seed Anastasija Sevastova on Monday.
Sevastova converted five of her nine break point chances against Bouchard as she cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win in a match that lasted one hour 14 minutes.
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The Latvian also had three aces and committed just 16 unforced errors, compared to 27 for Bouchard.
Bouchard converted both of her break point opportunities but struggled on service.
She landed only 57 per cent of her first serves, and then scored on just 58 per cent of those that were good.
Second serve was even more problematic for Bouchard, who won on just nine of 23 opportunities (39 per cent).
Bouchard, once ranked fifth on the WTA Tour, entered the US Open ranked 119th and has a record of 6-15 this season.
She hasn't won since a first-round victory over Vera Lapko at a Premier 5 tournament in Dubai in February and has dropped 12 straight matches since.
Unfortunately she is a bust. Love her personality but she has not proven herself on a Tennis court. It sucks.
— Kenneth G. Belliveau (@kennybelliveau) August 26, 2019
"After a nice battle, 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard bows out"
Something we've now seen often. she seems so close to breaking out again but falls just a little short. It was a great opportunity to get back in the top 100.
Must be really hard on Genie and her fans. Keep fighting!— Mr. Rose (@mo2rose) August 26, 2019
With that loss to Anastasija Sevastova, Eugenie Bouchard has now lost 12 consecutive matches. Her last win was six months ago in February 2019 when she beat Vera Lapko in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships.#Tennis #Bouchard #USOpen #USOpenNow
— Stats Insider (@StatsInsider) August 26, 2019
Barty overcomes huge scare
Ashleigh Barty breathed a big sigh of relief after surviving a scare and progressing to the second round of the US Open in New York.
Australia's world No.2 had to pull out all the stops before battling past dogged Kazakh Zarina Diyas 1-6 6-3 6-2 on day one.
Barty used her trusty trademark serve to drag herself out of a deep hole and set up a date on Wednesday with unseeded American Lauren Davis.
"I just had to start with my serve," the French Open champion said after finishing with eight aces in the three-set escape.
"I really wasn't giving myself enough chances on serve. I don't know what the percentage was in the first set ... but it wasn't good.
"(Had to) go back to the basics, start again and try to figure it out."
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