Bouchard picks up the cable and apologizes for his messages about doping in tennis

Eugenie Bouchard has been in the news this week in Madrid for two reasons. The first, her return to the slopes after a long time away due to some physical problems that even threatened to put an end to her sports career.

The Canadian has added three consecutive victories on Madrid (two in the previous one and the one in the first round). that have allowed her to feel her lost confidence again, although this Friday she said goodbye to the tournament after losing to the Italian Martina Trevisan (6-2, 7-5).

So far the positive part. The other reason why Bouchard has been talked about this week is because of some controversial tweetswhich she later decided to delete, about the problems that some of her colleagues have had in some anti-doping controls.

“There is something to play doped (dopers) in Madrid“He posted on his official Twitter account.

He made reference to the fact that Yastremska was under investigation for a positive case of doping in 2021, for an anabolic. An independent court considered that the tennis player had not committed any fault or negligence, that everything was due to a contaminated product and accidentally.

In Madrid Bouchard defeated the Russian in 2017 Maria Sharapova, punished for 15 months by a meldonium test. “She’s a cheater, she should have been banned for life. It’s unfair to the other players“Genie then stressed.

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His comment about doping was deleted from the Twitter map. Not so an answer on the subject. “Genie Bouchard is now 2-0 against players with a doping ban in Madrid“, posted a tweeter.

“trying to do my part“Genie replied with a laughing emoji.

Well, with the passing of the hours, the Canadian He considered that his comments had not been correct and decided to publish a tweet to apologize.

“I want to apologize for my tweet yesterday. It was an unnecessary error in judgment. Although I have always defended fair play, I did not have all the facts in order and he certainly meant no harm. I will continue working to improve, both on and off the pitch,” she wrote on her twitter account.