Under normal circumstances, Eugenie Bouchard might have reason to be livid.
But because of her lawsuit against the WTA, the Canadian tennis player may embrace the report.
Concussion May Keep Eugenie Bouchard Out Of The Australian Open
Bouchard, who now has fallen another notch to No. 49 in the world, joined Ana Ivanovic as tennisworldusa.org's Flops of 2015.
The 21-year-old Bouchard, who reached as high as No. 5 in the world in 2014, had a 2015 singles record of 12-18, and that includes winning her first four matches of the year at the Australian Open and her last three matches at the U.S. Open before withdrawing because of a concussion she suffered before the fourth round.
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"While the Canadian had to defend (points from reaching) the semifinals of the first three slams and the Wimbledon final, she had a disaster (in 2015)," tennisworldusa.org reported. "At the Australian Open, she won in sequence against Anna-Lena Friedsam, Kiki Bertens, Caroline Garcia and Irina-Camelia Begu, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Maria Sharapova. At Roland Garros, she was eliminated in the first round by Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets, and she was ousted of the top-10 in the WTA rankings.
"Genie also disappointed at Wimbledon as she was beaten again in the first round by qualifier Ying-Ying Duan, which saw her drop out of the top-20. She reached the fourth round at the US Open, but an unfortunate injury forced her to withdraw from the tournament. For the rest, in the other tournaments, there were only embarrassing performances, with eliminations in the early rounds."
At one point in the season, she lost 10-of-11 matches.
Bouchard, who has not yet committed to play in the 2016 Australian Open because of lingering effects from her concussion at the U.S. Open, is in the midst of a lawsuit against the USTA and the Billie Jean National Tennis Center over who is to blame for the concussion she suffered after a night doubles match in which she slipped on a floor in the facility's physiotherapy room and fell, hitting her head and causing the concussion.
She is claiming that the USTA and U.S. Open grounds personnel did not alert her to the floor being slippery due to a cleaning agent. The USTA has declared itself innocent. But more negative stories could help Bouchard if a judge rules the tennis entities were negligent.
Ivanovic, who appeared in six tournament finals, winning four in 2014, lost in the first or second round in three of the four Grand Slams in 2015.
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