Former world No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard has divided opinions in tennis after announcing a truly left-field career move following years of struggles.
Here’s how Genie Bouchard went from tennis World No. 5 to social media queen.
And upset fans of the “hottest tennis player ever” are up in arms at her shock decision, The Sun reports.
Pickleball chiefs are calling the ex-world No. 5’s switch to their professional circuit “one of the biggest signings of the year”.
But the 2014 Wimbledon finalist, 29, has faced a volley of agonised comments online.
Many of Bouchard’s 2.4 million Instagram followers bemoaned the “sad moment” – as she moved careers to what one fan called “giant ping-pong”.
But others argued the Canadian’s fall down the tennis rankings to No. 215 means she will be no great loss to the more traditional sport.
One observer had a subtle swipe by posting:…
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