MONTREAL—The pressure got to Eugenie Bouchard and it put Canada’s top women’s tennis player out of the $2.4 million (U.S.) Rogers Cup. Article Continued BelowThe gritty Kucova, who upset eighth seeded Carla Suarez-Navarro in the second round, advanced to a quarter-final Friday night against 15th seeded Johanna Konta of Britain. “I might have put too much pressure on myself, thinking that I had such a chance (to win at home and reach the quarter-finals),” Bouchard said. After impressive wins over higher-ranked Lucie Safarova and Dominika Cubulkova, Bouchard fell 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to unheralded qualifier Kristina Kucova in the third round on Thursday night. I think it would have been better if I think I was just a bit calmer mentally.

Source: thestar July 29, 2016 11:15 UTC