After cruising in her Olympic debut, Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard couldn’t get going in her match Monday afternoon and is out of the Olympic singles competition.
Bouchard fell in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to Germany’s Angelique Kerber, the world’s No. 2 player, in Round 2 of the women’s tennis tournament at Rio 2016.
She broke Kerber’s serve early in the first set, which helped her get out to a 4-1 lead, but Kerber won the next five games to take the first set.
The 22-year-old Westmount, Que., native breezed past Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-3 in her opening match of the event and is still alive in doubles after winning her first-roundmatch, along with Gabriela Dabrowski.
Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil will play men’s doubles later on Monday.
More to come…
