Eugenie Bouchard causes doping stir at tennis tournament in Madrid Sports

And suddenly she’s back!

Tennis-Beauty Eugenie Bouchard (29) causes a stir at the Masters in Madrid, both athletically and on social networks. But this time not with hot photos, but with postings about doping.

But first things first! Due to many injuries, the Canadian has fallen far behind in the world rankings in recent years and is currently number 285. After Madrid, where she was knocked out on Friday in the second round against the Italian Martina Trevisan (29) 2:6, 5:7, she will make a big leap forward towards the top 220.

Nine years ago she was number 5 and was in the Wimbledon final, which she lost to Czech Petra Kvitova (33). In the years that followed, critics accused her of moving more on social platforms than on the tennis court. There was talk of a second Anna Kurnikova: beautiful, but unsuccessful.

So now Madrid. And Bouchard is still active on social networks. And immediately caused a great deal of excitement. She tweeted: “There’s something about dopers in Madrid…” A post she later deleted after the response was less than positive.

Background: Bouchard’s opponent in the first round, Dajana Jastremska (22), was already banned for doping. Statisticians wanted to know: Bouchard’s record against doping offenders in Madrid is now 2-0. One tweeted that and Bouchard replied: “You do what you can.”

Before Jastremska, the blonde beat the Russian Maria Sharapova (36), who has since retired. Until recently, she had also been withdrawn from circulation because of doping. In the same year, she also beat the Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet (33), who was conspicuous a year later because of three missed doping tests.

So if you exclude Cornet, Bouchard’s true record in Madrid against “real” doping offenders is 2-1 after losing to Czech Barbora Strycova (37) in 2015, who was banned for six months two years earlier.

But they are all just sideshows. She can only achieve her goal on the pitch and that is: get back in the top 100 as quickly as possible.