Eugenie Bouchard appears to have joined the padel bandwagon as she not too long ago tried her hand on the common racquet sport. It was her first time taking part in padel and he or she gave the impression to be having some enjoyable whereas at it.
The Canadian tennis star has been onerous at getting ready for the 2023 tennis season over the previous few weeks. After her newest apply session on the tennis courtroom, the previous Wimbledon finalist indulged in a little bit of padel and made issues fascinating by taking part in left-handed.
“Some put up tennis apply padel. My first time taking part in!!! And left handed lol,” Eugenie Bouchard wrote on Instagram with a video of her padel session.
Eugenie Bouchard tries her hand at padel.Padel’s recognition has been rising at a fast tempo and 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal himself spoke about his liking for the racquet sport that bears resemblance to tennis. Padel is performed on a tough floor and the standard courtroom measurement is roughly 25% lower than that of a tennis courtroom. Nadal not too long ago urged that he may play padel much more actively after his retirement from tennis.
“I like sport generally. I play golf. I feel I am going to seize a padel racket, why not? I’m certain that sooner or later I’ll have extra time to get pleasure from different sports activities. Padel is rising and I feel it is going to be enjoyable as a result of it is simpler to play,” Nadal stated in an interview with Padel Journal.
In the meantime, it is going to be fascinating to see whether or not Bouchard’s first-ever expertise of taking part in padel will encourage her to play once more.
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Eugenie Bouchard at WTA Guadalajara Open Akron 2022.
Eugenie Bouchard made it to Dubai this previous weekend for the World Tennis League, a mixed-team exhibition occasion. She performed her first match not lengthy after reaching Dubai as she teamed up with Holger Rune to face Nick Kyrgios and Bianca Andreescu in a blended doubles contest.
As she embarked upon her journey on Sunday, Bouchard urged that her season had already began.
“Yr beginning early this yr,” the Canadian star wrote on Instagram tales.
Her event didn’t get off to its greatest begin as she and Rune misplaced their doubles match. Iga Swiatek and Felix Auger-Aliassime are Bouchard’s different teammates together with Rune within the World Tennis League. With the event scheduled to go on all through the week, the 28-year-old will intention to get no less than one win, if no more, beneath her belt earlier than the brand new season.