Eugenie Bouchard has gained almost 300 matches in her profession and got here very near successful at Wimbledon in 2014, and she or he lately revealed she has the game to thank for lots extra in her life.
Bouchard was wrapped up in a viral guess in 2017 when she made a take care of a fan. If the Atlanta Falcons misplaced the Tremendous Bowl to the New England Patriots, they’d exit on a date. They did simply that.
Bouchard additionally leveraged her tennis profession into an look within the Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit difficulty.
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Genie Bouchard at SI The Get together at XS at Wynn Las Vegas Feb. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Christopher Polk/Billboard by way of Getty Pictures)
She stated in a latest podcast interview that tennis helped her confide in her intercourse enchantment.
“Tennis, initially, is a good sport for that intercourse enchantment aspect,” the Canadian-born tennis star stated on “Not Alone, a Podcast with Valeria Lipovetsky.” “We’re carrying quick skirts. We’re carrying tank tops. It’s enjoyable to activate the TV and watch that.
“Instantly, I used to be capable of get nice advertising offers off the courtroom. Being requested to be within the Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit version a number of instances. Exploring that path was undoubtedly on my to-do listing. It’s undoubtedly a part of who I’m as a result of I feel it’s nice.”
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Eugenie Bouchard of Canada arrives on the crimson carpet for the gamers social gathering forward of the WTA Guadalajara Open Akron 2022 oct. 15, 2022, in Zapopan, Mexico. (Robert Prange/Getty Pictures)
Bouchard added that she discovered herself more and more having fun with that spotlight and commenced to discover the concept of popping out of her shell.
“Simply rising my fan base, my viewers, which, in flip, helps me get higher model offers, higher endorsements. Not simply in a private manner for me, ‘OK I can truly earn more money out of this,’ however in a common sense. ‘OK, now we have somebody who’s possibly an informal fan who’s going to come back to the Miami Open to observe me play.’ That’s good for tennis basically, for feminine tennis, for ladies’s sports activities. That’s good for the whole lot.”
Bouchard, 30, is now ranked No. 522 within the WTA.
Eugenie Bouchard hits a backhand in the course of the Dallas Open Ladies’s Tennis Traditional Feb. 3, 2024, at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Advanced in Dallas, Texas. (George Walker/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
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She lately reached the quarterfinals of the ITF/USTA W75.
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