Quebec’s Eugenie Bouchard made a brief appearance in singles at the Rome tennis tournament and was eliminated in Monday’s qualifying rounds by Hungary’s Dalma Galfi in the first round.
The 91st player in the world and seventh seed in the qualifying stage won in straight sets 7-6(4), 6-3. After slamming down the duel’s seven aces, Galfi won 68.8% of points played on his first serve and managed two breaks.
This is a disappointment for Bouchard, 233rd on the WTA tour, as she reached the second round of the main draw a few days ago in Madrid.
Another Canadian tried her luck in the pre-tournament phase, Katherine Sebov. She also bit the dust and dropped the flag 6: 4 and 6: 3 against the Russian Polina Kudermetova.
Consequently, two Maple Leaf players will play singles in the Italian capital. Bianca Andreescu has earned a bye in the second round and meets the Czech Marketa Vondrousova or the Estonian Kaia Kanepi. For her part, Leylah Annie Fernandez will face Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round. A triumph brings him an appointment with the Croatian Donna Vekic.