Eugenie Bouchard is extremely overrated.

[Amelie Mauresmo]

It is nauseating listening to the Canadian media talk about Eugenie Bouchard yes the girl is 19 and in the top 100 but that's nothing special.

One would think Bouchard is a top 20 player or she's in the top 10 when she's not. Bouchard is ranked 62 in the world and Petra showed Bouchard

she's simply not in her class. Petra Kvitova just blasted Bouchard off the court 6-3 6-2, Bouchard doesn't have the consistency or the power to bother Kvitova.


Laura Robson is in the top 40 and she's the same age as Bouchard. Robson has also beaten Kvitova, Radwanska, Li Na, Kim Clijsters, and Venus Williams. Sloane Stephens has reached the semifinals of Australian Open, quarterfinals of Wimbledon and beaten Serena Williams. Bouchard beat Ana Ivanovic she's not even top 10 big deal.

Also, there are several Canadian women who have had better careers than Bouchard such as Helen Kelesi, Patricia Hy, Carlene Bassett, to name a few.

Bouchard needs a lot of variety in her game she's quick and anticipates well. But I don't see Bouchard as being as special as the Canadian press claim this girl is a lot of hype.

 

[nyc]

But she's easy on the eyes.

 

[Amelie Mauresmo]

But she's easy on the eyes.

I don't see it but then again I'm not straight. I think that's probably the reason the Canadian press are making such a big deal out of this girl.

I feel bad for Filip Peliwo this kid won his first round match is ranked in the 300s yet he couldn't even get on the grandstand court. Tennis Canada puts this girl on center court yet she's not a star but Kvitova destroyed her anyway.

Filip did a great job against Istomin he lost the match but showed good fight pushing it to three sets.

I don't like the hype this girl is getting because I just think it feeds into the way how superficial the Canadian press is.

Big deal, Bouchard is considered pretty by straight guys but she's not that good a tennis player yet.

I think Bouchard has potential but the media hype is ludicrous she has no variety and has a long way to go.

 

[Beryl]

She must be doing something right if Berdych is doing her on the side. More than tolerable face and an appealing body, I'd be all over her too.

Her tennis is ok too.

 

[jrs]

She is not top 10 - but she certainly has the potential and the ability play at that level. Provided she can stay on track - being very good looking - she could easily go into the modelling and celebrity lifestyle as Kornakova (sp?) did.

 

[Down_the_line]

It's her first year on tour. In her first and only two Grand Slam appearances she reached the 2nd round and 3rd round (French Open and Wimbledon this year).

She's on the rise. Give her time. It's not like Roger Federer was setting the world on fire at 19 either.

 

[Down_the_line]

By the way, whoever's got her is one lucky SOB.

 

[Recoveringhobo]

There's several reasons why the press is hyping her up:

The biggest is because of her looks. If she wasn't one of the prettiest players out there then she would barely be on anyone's radar. It was the same thing with Anna Kournikova -- she was one of the biggest names on tour even though she never got past 8 in the world. Sex appeal sells... especially for female tennis players.

The other reason is because of her success as a junior. Not many players win junior Wimbledon so she appears to be someone who will improve and reach the top. Lauren Davis is of a similar age and ranking as Bouchard but she doesn't have nearly the same notoriety. Why? Because no one expects Lauren Davis to be winning grand slams in a few years.

The last reason is because of western media bias. We simply tend to focus on players from English speaking nations.

 

[Overdrive]

^

+1

Wow, this is the first time that I agree with the OP.

 

[Netspirit]

She is so hot I want to cry, lol.

 

[Netspirit]

 

[Sander001]

Opinions are nice.
But I'll take Navratilova's more seriously than the OP.

 

[FreeBird]

 

[Chico]

There's several reasons why the press is hyping her up:

The biggest is because of her looks. If she wasn't one of the prettiest players out there then she would barely be on anyone's radar. It was the same thing with Anna Kournikova -- she was one of the biggest names on tour even though she never got past 8 in the world. Sex appeal sells... especially for female tennis players.

The other reason is because of her success as a junior. Not many players win junior Wimbledon so she appears to be someone who will improve and reach the top. Lauren Davis is of a similar age and ranking as Bouchard but she doesn't have nearly the same notoriety. Why? Because no one expects Lauren Davis to be winning grand slams in a few years.

The last reason is because of western media bias. We simply tend to focus on players from English speaking nations.

Agree, except with the bold part. Bouchard is not from the English speaking nation. She speaks French.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

It is nauseating listening to the Canadian media talk about Eugenie Bouchard yes the girl is 19 and in the top 100 but that's nothing special.

One would think Bouchard is a top 20 player or she's in the top 10 when she's not. Bouchard is ranked 62 in the world and Petra showed Bouchard

she's simply not in her class. Petra Kvitova just blasted Bouchard off the court 6-3 6-2, Bouchard doesn't have the consistency or the power to bother Kvitova.


Laura Robson is in the top 40 and she's the same age as Bouchard. Robson has also beaten Kvitova, Radwanska, Li Na, Kim Clijsters, and Venus Williams. Sloane Stephens has reached the semifinals of Australian Open, quarterfinals of Wimbledon and beaten Serena Williams. Bouchard beat Ana Ivanovic she's not even top 10 big deal.

Also, there are several Canadian women who have had better careers than Bouchard such as Helen Kelesi, Patricia Hy, Carlene Bassett, to name a few.

Bouchard needs a lot of variety in her game she's quick and anticipates well. But I don't see Bouchard as being as special as the Canadian press claim this girl is a lot of hype.

How old are you? And are you currently in, or ever been in the top 100?

 

[GhostDog]

In fairness, we Canadians haven't had a female women's tennis player to gush over in years, if ever. So the hype machines are on over drive right now.

She's certainly talented, but yeah, she's probably over-rated, at least right now. She does have a lot of promise. I see no reason why she can't be at least a top 20 player if she continues to put the work in.

 

[Sorana fan]

Eugenie Bouchard is extremely hot

Fixed.

 

[hugobosstachini]

She has a a lot of progress to make and will enter her peak/prime around 22-23 which is 3-4 years from now in which she has tremendous progress to make with her game. The OP is totally overreacting there... Kvitova is already in her prime duh.

Well, her game might look bleh at first, I've had the same reaction when I actually first saw her play but I think she's between the youngsters, the player with the most open type of game - her game can go in any direction successfully IMO and it's not yet well defined yet. For a tall girl, she has pretty good natural movement to be an aggressive counter-puncher and good serve on average and some power to be aggressive baseliner in the Victoria Azarenka style.

I'm not really fund of her technique and I don't think it's fundamentally strong enough for aggressive baseline tennis but I'm really interested to see what direction she takes.

 

[Gonzalito17]

Very impressed by her poise and game the few times I've seen her. Been hearing about her for about four years now, since she was fifteen. Can see her being a top ten player someday. All the right qualities seem to be there.

 

[pound cat]

Agree, except with the bold part. Bouchard is not from the English speaking nation. She speaks French.

Canada has 2 official languages, English and French. Many Francophones are bilingual and speak both languages. Far fewer English speakers are bilingual English/French speakers.

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Certainly not as overrated as Dimitrov.


10Dimitrovs.

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Canada has 2 official languages, English and French. Many Francophones are bilingual and speak both languages. Far fewer English speakers are bilingual English/French speakers.

normal, french language is way more difficult to learn than english

 

[Chico]

Canada has 2 official languages, English and French. Many Francophones are bilingual and speak both languages. Far fewer English speakers are bilingual English/French speakers.

Thanks, but I already know all that.
The other poster said she is from "English speaking nation", which technically is not true, especially since she is a Francophone.

 

[Mainad]

normal, french language is way more difficult to learn than english

Oh I suspect the real reason is simply that the English-speakers don't have much incentive to learn French, unlike vice-versa! :wink:

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Oh I suspect the real reason is simply that the English-speakers don't have much incentive to learn French, unlike vice-versa! :wink:

well yeah that's also true but i can understand that, when your native language is english u don't need to speak any other language ... maybe chinese would be the only one useful but too hard!

 

[Smasher08]

The jealousy is strong in this OP.

 

[FreeBird]

The jealousy is strong in this OP.

Take it easy man!!!!

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

The jealousy is strong in this OP.

worst avatar on this forum since eragon got banned

 

[Warmaster]

Oh I suspect the real reason is simply that the English-speakers don't have much incentive to learn French, unlike vice-versa! :wink:

No doubt.

But what Tipsa said is also true. I can speak both French and English (at a decent level at least) and neither of them is my native language. It's definitely harder to learn the basics in French.

English on the other hand is easy to learn, but hard to master in my opinion.

 

[Amelie Mauresmo]

Laura Robson is a better player right now I feel she's beaten several top players such as Petra Kvitova, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwanska, Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams.

Robson has reached two fourth rounds at grand slams, now that's POTENTIAL!

Eugenie Bouchard hasn't done that yet, she only reached a third round once.

I get it, straight guys in the media are obsessed with pretty blonde women.

But Bouchard doesn't warrant the media hype she hasn't DONE anything special yet she's ranked 62 in the world.

Laura Robson is the same age as Bouchard and she's ranked MUCH higher.

 

[Amelie Mauresmo]

In fairness, we Canadians haven't had a female women's tennis player to gush over in years, if ever. So the hype machines are on over drive right now.

She's certainly talented, but yeah, she's probably over-rated, at least right now. She does have a lot of promise. I see no reason why she can't be at least a top 20 player if she continues to put the work in.

Actually you are VERY WRONG, Canada has had better female players than Eugenie Bouchard such as Helen Kelesi she reached the French Open quarterfinals and she was ranked in the top 20. Patricia Hy also reached the top 20 reached the US OPEN quarterfinals. Carline bassett reached top 10 and US OPEN semifinals in 1984.

Canada hasn't had a history of good male players but Canada has certainly had good female players.

I am actually more impressed with Rebecca Marino, she has more power and I feel more potential to be a top player. It is sad Marino quit the game at the tender age of 22, because she has the explosiveness to be a top player which I don't see in Bouchard.

 

[volleyandfun]

In fairness, we Canadians haven't had a female women's tennis player to gush over in years, if ever. So the hype machines are on over drive right now.

She's certainly talented, but yeah, she's probably over-rated, at least right now. She does have a lot of promise. I see no reason why she can't be at least a top 20 player if she continues to put the work in.

how recently A. Wozniak was in top 100? last year she was in 40's and 2009 she was in 20's
so you are quite wrong

 

[Dedans Penthouse]

It is nauseating listening to the Canadian media talk about Eugenie Bouchard yes the girl is 19 and in the top 100 but that's nothing special..
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Overrated? Ok, if you say so angry Amelie. I'd still like to be her loofah sponge.


Better yet:


I'd drink her bathwater.


__________________

 

[v-verb]

Overrated? Ok, if you say so angry Amelie. I'd still like to be her loofah sponge.


Better yet:


I'd drink her bathwater.


__________________

Sponge maybe....bathwater..no thanks

 

[JustBob]

Laura Robson is a better player right now I feel she's beaten several top players such as Petra Kvitova, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwanska, Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams.

Robson has reached two fourth rounds at grand slams, now that's POTENTIAL!

Eugenie Bouchard hasn't done that yet, she only reached a third round once.

I get it, straight guys in the media are obsessed with pretty blonde women.

But Bouchard doesn't warrant the media hype she hasn't DONE anything special yet she's ranked 62 in the world.

Laura Robson is the same age as Bouchard and she's ranked MUCH higher.

Robson has been playing matches on the WTA tour since 2009. Bouchard only played a few matches last year and 2013 is her first full year on tour. So your comparison is downright silly...

And the media hype? Well that's what the media does... And considering the (poor) state of Canadian tennis in the last couple decades, well we have the right to be a little excited...

Oh, and guess who Bouchard beat this year at the Family Circle Cup in their first and only meeting? Robson, then ranked 42... And she beat Stosur (granted she retired in the 2nd), the match after that.

 

[JustBob]

Thanks, but I already know all that.
The other poster said she is from "English speaking nation", which technically is not true, especially since she is a Francophone.

She has a French sounding name, but she speaks better (perfect) English than she does French. She was raised in the posh Westmount area, which is almost completely anglophone.

 

[InvisibleSoul]

What a ridiculous rant.

It is nauseating listening to the Canadian media talk about Eugenie Bouchard yes the girl is 19 and in the top 100 but that's nothing special.

She is special because she is by far the best up and coming talent for female tennis in Canada. Obviously there is media bias, just like there would be for any other media in their home country.

Laura Robson is in the top 40 and she's the same age as Bouchard. Robson has also beaten Kvitova, Radwanska, Li Na, Kim Clijsters, and Venus Williams. Sloane Stephens has reached the semifinals of Australian Open, quarterfinals of Wimbledon and beaten Serena Williams. Bouchard beat Ana Ivanovic she's not even top 10 big deal.

Ridiculous. Bouchard has only started playing on the main tour this year. She hasn't even had that many top opportunities to play against other top players. How can she rack up a list of good opponents beaten when she hasn't even played them yet?

Also, there are several Canadian women who have had better careers than Bouchard such as Helen Kelesi, Patricia Hy, Carlene Bassett, to name a few.

Another ridiculous comment. Uh, yeah... those players listed have had better careers than Bouchard... except Bouchard HAS JUST STARTED PLAYING ON THE MAIN TOUR. How many of those you listed has won a junior singles Grand Slam? Oh yeah, none. The fact is, Bouchard has a good chance of becoming the best female player that Canada has ever produced. You aren't even giving her a chance. How can you compare the careers of someone who hasn't even played a full year yet against those who have finished their's? Absolutely ridiculous.

 

[nyc]

I don't see it but then again I'm not straight. I think that's probably the reason the Canadian press are making such a big deal out of this girl.

Big deal, Bouchard is considered pretty by straight guys but she's not that good a tennis player yet.

I think Bouchard has potential but the media hype is ludicrous she has no variety and has a long way to go.

Media attention for WTA players comes from two angles - accomplishments on court and physical appearance.

The sexualization of the WTA fuels the latter, hence Bouchard's and other pretty players higher media profiles compared to similarly accomplished players.

Fact is, WTA players don't just play, the SELL products - Apparel, watches, Banks, Airlines, Chocolate, you name it. It's a huge industry.

So players like Bouchard have higher visibility and are a bigger asset for the endorsement economy.

 

[romeo8880]

Her looks aren't overrated.

 

[GhostDog]

how recently A. Wozniak was in top 100? last year she was in 40's and 2009 she was in 20's
so you are quite wrong

I'm familiar with her. I don't recall any hype around Wozniak at all, not even close what Bouchard is getting. That's why I didn't bother mentioning her name. But yeah, Wozniak has pretty much been the only Canadian player in recent times to do anything on the WTA tour.

 

[TennisLovaLova]

I don't see it but then again I'm not straight. I

How difficult was it to write the correcte sentence which would be : "I don't see it but then again I'm gay".

 

[Down_the_line]

She's going toe to toe with the 8th seeded Kerber. She's definitely coming into her own in her first year on tour.

 

[Down_the_line]

How difficult was it to write the correcte sentence which would be : "I don't see it but then again I'm gay".

Even if she is gay, I don't know how she doesn't see it. Eugenie is absolutely gorgeous, and I'm not the type of guy who often gawks at hot women. In this case, though, I can't help it.

 

[kishnabe]

How difficult was it to write the correcte sentence which would be : "I don't see it but then again I'm gay".

Gay and *** is rude way of calling someone Homosexual....maybe you should stop correcting!

 

[PSNELKE]

Even if she is gay, I don't know how she doesn't see it. Eugenie is absolutely gorgeous, and I'm not the type of guy who often gawks at hot women. In this case, though, I can't help it.

The fact that she's gay and a woman says it all dude.

Jealousy is a b1tch.

 

[dominikk1985]

The fact that she's gay and a woman says it all dude.

Jealousy is a b1tch.

"she" is a gay man. he has stated that about 100 times here...

 

[JRAJ1988]

I'm no Picasso (I have my good days) but these two not only posses talent, they ARE very beautiful women.

 

[veroniquem]

It is nauseating listening to the Canadian media talk about Eugenie Bouchard yes the girl is 19 and in the top 100 but that's nothing special.



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How many teenage girls are there in the top 100? Just curious.

 

[dman72]

Looks.

End of discussion.

 

[PSNELKE]

How many teenage girls are there in the top 100? Just curious.

Checked the WTA rankings. Donna Vekic is the the youngest in the Top100. Ranked 65th. Aged 16. That's pretty impressive these days imo.

Edit: She won her first round match at the US Open beating Duque-Marino in 3.