Montreal: Eugenie Bouchard’s professional singles career came to an end in front of a home crowd in Montreal, where the former Wimbledon finalist lost a hard-fought second-round match at the Omnium Banque Nationale to Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic,

MONTREAL — Eugenie Bouchard waved goodbye to professional tennis with a hard-fought loss Wednesday night. The 31-year-old from Westmount, Que., bowed out to 17th seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2,

She couldn’t contain her emotions on Wednesday night as the tennis star said goodbye to the sport she loves for one final time after falling in the National Bank Open

Canadian Eugenie Bouchard brought the curtain down on her career on Wednesday after the former world number five lost 6-2 3-6 6-4 to Belinda Bencic in the second round of the Canadian Open in Montreal.

Whatever magic Eugenie Bouchard conjured in her first-round win at the Canadian Open, her final professional tennis tournament, it wore off Wednesday night in Montreal. The Canadian fought valiantly in her WTA Tour finale,