Genie Bouchard is drawing attention from all over the world.
At 19 years of age, the young Canadian is a huge tennis prospect as she is strong, incredibly driven, entertaining and very hot! This explosive combination put her in the limelight.
A couple of weeks ago she has won the WTA newcomer of the year and the Breakout Athlete of The Year from the Canadian press. Now Genie is also considered as part of the Newsmakers of the year by the popular Mclean magazine (from Canada).
According to the Magazine “One short year ago, Montréal tennis player Eugenie Bouchard (who goes by “Genie”) was a relative unknown. Now, the 19-year-old is capping off 2013 as one of the most-watched stars in her sport – and Canada’s newest tennis darling. Bouchard bested Ana Ivanovic, a Serbian player ranked 16th in the world, at Wimbledon in July. The match was played on centre court, in front of Carole and Michael Middleton. “You can’t play on a bigger stage than that in tennis,” she said. She may find herself doing some encores. “
Genie is now ranked world no. 32, but she had a great second part of the year and since she has started to shine by the end of May (she reached the semifinals in Strasbourg) she is widely expected to break in the top 20 rather soon.
A good January will help!