‘MAKES ME SAD’ – EUGENIE BOUCHARD WITHDRAWS FROM WIMBLEDON DUE TO DECISION NOT TO AWARD RANKING POINTS

borealit March 16, 2023

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Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to the “WTA’s decision to not award ranking points at this year’s Championships”.

The 2014 finalist has seen her ranking tumble after undergoing surgery on a shoulder injury suffered on the way to the final at the Guadalajara Open back in March 2021.

The ATP and WTA Tours have removed points from the grass-court Grand Slam after the All England Club’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing following the invasion of Ukraine

For that reason, Bouchard is now solely focusing on the US Open and Australian Open.

“I have decided to withdraw from Wimbledon due to the WTA’s decision to not award ranking points at this year’s Championship,” Bouchard wrote on Twitter.

“Due to my shoulder surgery, I get a limited number of protected ranking (PR) entries. As much as I love Wimbledon and skipping it makes me sad, using a PR entry at a tournament with no ranking points doesn’t make sense.