The triumphant return of Eugenie Bouchard

Eugenie Bouchard played her first game in nearly 17 months, on Sunday in Vancouver, and her comeback was victorious. With the help of her compatriot Kayla Cruz, she defeated the Italian duo Elisabetta Coccarito and Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-7 (3), 10-4.

The winning pair made no fewer than eight breaks on 14 occasions in the match. In the first set, she won all four matches that her opponents started with the balls in hand.

The Maple Leaf duo were broken five times, but won 63% of rallies when the first ball was in play.

Bouchard and Kroos can now face American Asia Muhammad and Japan’s Mio Kato, the favorites to win the tournament. However, they will have to knock out Spain’s Marina Bassol and Greece’s Despina Papamichel in the first round.

Before this WTA 125 tournament, to which Quebec received an invitation and will also participate in the singles, her last match dates back to March 16, 2021. Then she lost to Chinese Lin Zhou at the Monterrey tournament in Mexico. Then she underwent shoulder surgery.