"It never crossed my mind to stop" - Bouchard after coming back to tennis
WTAFriday, 16 September 2022 at 01:50
Updated at Sunday, 02 February 2025 at 14:23
Eugenie Bouchard returned to the tennis court after 18 months away at the 2022 Chennai Open, and she did it in style. She also admitted she never considered stopping.
The 28-year-old Canadian reached the quarter-finals in singles and semi-finals in doubles, and it seems that during her time away from tennis courts, Bouchard forgot how to lose.
After one of her victories, the 2014 Wimbledon finalist spoke about her thoughts during her recovery. She admitted that while it took long, she never considered retiring.
"It was a very long process, having surgery and doing rehab. I never had to do anything like that in my career before. Every athlete at some point in their career has a bad injury, and I made it to age 27 without surgery, and then I had two."
"It never crossed my mind to stop. I always wanted to stop on my own terms, and I did not want to be forced to stop because of an injury. Now, I am at the very beginning of my journey of coming back, and hopefully, I have many more years of this."
At the end of the day, Bouchard worked hard to return to the tennis courts. Once she was able to come back, it reminded her that all the hard work was worth it.
"I'm proud of myself, of all the work that it took to get here. I'm happy I could show myself that I could still do it and also get a little confidence from winning matches. I just want to keep going, one match at a time, one tournament at a time, and enjoy that journey of coming back."
“I haven't gone a year without playing tennis since I was five years old. It's hard to be forced to not to do what you love. I was able to do some cool projects off-court, such as commentary and other stuff. But my favorite thing is to play tennis, so I’m really happy to be back.”
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