Monday, February 23, 2015

Bouchard: The first round in Antwerp is as much difficult as those of "Wimbledon"

The leader in the scheme of the tennis tournament BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games in Antwerp, which is a category "prime", Eugenie Bouchard spoke to the media today.

The Canadian said that she did not divide the races into a small and a large.

"I don`t need to be motivated for Antwerp after the quarterfinals in Melbourne. For me every game is a chance to try to do things better and to prove to myself how strong am I. So, the first round here is exactly so difficult as that one of "Wimbledon." I want to win every week, "admitted the seventh in the world.

She has revealed for the first time also some details about the hiring of the new coach Sam Sumyk, with whom she was in Belgium.

"My fitness coach Scott has been a friend with Sam long time ago. After the Australian Open, Scott realized that Sumyk would not work anymore. He offered to meet each other and the rest is a history. I`m not going to talk about the things we`re working on now, because they are top secret. Maybe you`ll see some changes in my way of game, or maybe - no, "said with a smile Bouchard.

In the matches of the first round in Antwerp the most intriguing was that of the seventh placed Alize Cornet with the teenager Belinda Bencic. The experienced French prevailed after more than 2 hours of play at "Sportpaleis Antwerp" with 1: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5.

The Swiss has started perfect the match, but in the second set slackened and Cornet quickly restore the equality. In the decisive set, the both have exchanged 3 attacks, before the tennis player from Nice to achieve the fourth at the end, which was equal to a victory.

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