Eugénie Bouchard hit the headlines this week in Madrid for two reasons. The first, his return to the tracks after a long absence due to physical problems which even threatened to put an end to his sports career.

The Canadian added three consecutive victories over Madrid (two in the previous one and one in the first round). which allowed her to regain her lost confidence, even if this Friday she said goodbye to the tournament after her defeat against the Italian Martina Trevisan (6-2, 7-5).

So far the positive part. The other reason Bouchard has been in the news this week is because of some controversial tweetswhich she then decided to delete, on the problems encountered by some of her colleagues during certain doping controls.

“There is enough to play dopes (dopers) in Madrid“He posted on his official Twitter account.

He referred to the fact that Yastremska was under investigation for a positive doping case in 2021, for an anabolic. An independent tribunal ruled that the tennis player had no fault or negligence, that it was all due to a contaminated product and accidentally.

In Madrid, Bouchard beat the Russian in 2017 Maria Sharapova, punishable by 15 months for a positive meldonium result. “She’s a cheater, she should have been banned for life. It’s unfair to other players.Genie then pointed out.

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His doping comment was removed from the Twitter card. Not so an answer on the subject. “Genie Bouchard is now 2-0 against players banned from doping in Madrid“, posted a tweeter.

“try to do my part“Genie replied with a laughing emoji.

Well, as the hours passed, the Canadian He felt that his comments were not correct and decided to publish a tweet to apologize.

“I want to apologize for my tweet yesterday. It was an unnecessary misjudgment. Even though I always stood for fair play, I didn’t have all the facts in order and he certainly meant no harm. I will continue to work to improve myself, on and off the pitch,” he wrote on his Twitter account.