MONTREAL — Eugenie Bouchard thrilled her hometown crowd with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3) victory over Lucie Safarova in the opening round of the US$2.4 million women’s Rogers Cup on Tuesday. Wozniak, ranked 21st in 2009, has slipped to 465th after a series of injuries, including major shoulder surgery. RelatedBouchard dominated the opening set, only to see 28th-ranked Safarova find her service range and turn the tables in the second. They held serve through the third, although Bouchard let three match points slip away while leading 6-5, 40-0, giving Safarova momentum going into the tiebreaker. Bouchard will next face the winner of a match later Tuesday between Dominika Cibulkova and Mariana Duque-Marino.

Source: National Post July 26, 2016 22:07 UTC