Bouchard, devoid gesture of fair play by refusing to shake Romanian Dulgheru’s hand
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Canadian Eugenie Bouchard causes a stir by declining to shake hands with opponent Romanian tennis player Alexandra Dulgheru at a pre-match press conference in front of the assembled photographers, during Friday’s Fed Cup draw ceremony in Montreal.
The world No 7 Canadian tennis star is playing in the Fed Cup World Group play-off against Romania this weekend and faces world No 66 Dulgheru in her first contest.
„It’s nothing personal towards her, I just don’t believe in wishing my opponent good luck before the match,” Bouchard claimed. „After we play tomorrow (ed. note Saturday), I will shake her hand no matter what happens,” Bouchard added.
Credit to Dulgheru, she managed to see the funny side of the awkward moment and didn’t appear to take it too personally.
The Canadian star, who has suffered four defeats in her past six matches as the world No 7 struggles to regain form on the WTA tour, has previous having refused to shake hands with Slovak Kristina Kucova at a Fed Cup press conference last year.
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