Tennis fans in Romania will have the chance to see Eugenie Bouchard (12th WTA) live in Bucharest during July 11-19 at the BRD Bucharest Open, a tournament with prizes worth USD 226,750. The Canadian tennis player thus becomes the main favourite of the competition, as Simona Halep, last year’s winner, has already announced she will not participate, prosport.ro informs.
As Simona Halep (3rd WTA) has refused to come to the BNR Arenas in Bucharest due to her busy schedule, Eugenie Bouchard, another super-star of the WTA circuit, wants to play on clay, immediately after Wimbledon . Tournament Director Dumitru Haradau, could not be contacted, but sources confirmed for ProSport the information that Bouchard has accepted the last available wild-card.