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Canada’s Bouchard retires from Swiss Open semifinal against Cornet with injury

Jul 21, 2018 | 3:58 PM

GSTAAD, Switzerland — Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard lost to top seed Alize Cornet of France in the semifinal of the Swiss Open on Saturday after retiring from the match with a right-thigh injury.

Bouchard had lost the first set 7-6 and trailed 1-0 in the second when she had to withdraw. 

“It happened in the second point of the match,” said Bouchard. “I felt stress or pain in my groin, the adductor. But it was getting continually worse and really hampered my movement.”

It was Bouchard’s first trip to a semifinal since January 2017 when the Westmount, Que., native reached the final four at a tournament in Sydney.