When Genie Bouchard sat down after the 2nd specified of her rain-plagued last at the Malaysian Open Sunday night, the tears, the treatment offered by the health care staff – every one of it looked eerily familiar, as you can easily notice in the comparison photos from our original write-up about the match.
It turns out the 22-year-old Canadian owned a recurrence of concussion-adore symptoms although, unlike in Beijing last fall As quickly as she owned to retire versus Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in the just suit she played after the incident at the US Open Sept. 4, she carried on.
“I felt concussion-adore symptoms and I was having a hard time along with my electricity levels to the end. The health care staff likewise strongly recommended me not to go on throughout the 2nd specified however there was no method I was checking out retire in a final,” Bouchard told the media in quotes republished right here are from the Malaysia Star.
“I believe I gave it my all of and I fought well. Now I simply should go about to my next tournament and do well there,” she added.
The hot, humid weather all of week owned definitely damaged Bouchard, that wore an ice towel about simply concerning every changeover – and also throughout the moment she waited about court for the trophy ceremony late Sunday night.
She likewise owned suffered dizziness throughout her quarter-last suit versus Cagla Buyukakcay of Turkey. In the 2nd set, As quickly as she appeared to have actually a book success well in hand, she owned a health care timeout and shed numerous games in a row prior to closing it out.
Now, the Canadian has actually to take a lengthy flight to California (never ever a great point for somebody in her situation) before the huge tournament at Indian Wells where, unseeded this year, she will certainly have actually to play a first-round suit either Wednesday or Thursday.
A story to adhere to in the coming days.
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