MADRID: Eugenie Bouchard claimed plenty of other players on the WTA Tour share her outspoken views on Maria Sharapova’s return from an 15-month doping ban, but are too “scared” to speak out. “I definitely had some extra motivation going into today,” said Bouchard. “I was actually quite inspired before the match because I had a lot of players coming up to me privately wishing me good luck. “Players I don’t normally speak to, getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. And she claimed the extra attention caused by the bad blood between her and Bouchard had not affected her performance.

Source: Manila Times May 08, 2017 23:48 UTC