Roberta Vinci is an Italian professional padel and former tennis player.
125 Facts About Roberta Vinci
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Roberta Vinci reached a career-high ranking of world No 7 in singles, in May 2016.
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Roberta Vinci is the fourth Italian woman to have reached the top 10 in singles, after Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone and Sara Errani.
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Roberta Vinci went on to lose to her childhood friend Pennetta in the first all-Italian major final.
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Roberta Vinci won 35 career titles, ten in singles and 25 in doubles, including the 2012 French Open, the 2012 US Open, the 2013 and 2014 Australian Opens, and 2014 Wimbledon titles with regular partner Errani.
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At the 2012 US Open, Roberta Vinci reached her first major singles quarterfinal, at 29 years of age, by defeating then-world No 2 Agnieszka Radwanska in the fourth round.
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Roberta Vinci lost to her doubles partner, world No 10, Errani, in the quarterfinals.
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Roberta Vinci achieved the same feat the following year when she defeated Camila Giorgi in the fourth round, but subsequently lost to Pennetta.
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At one point, Roberta Vinci was one of only three players in the WTA top 100 using a one-handed backhand.
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In 2022, Roberta Vinci began competing on the professional padel tour, reaching a ranking of world No 66 in her debut season.
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Roberta Vinci was born in Taranto, the daughter of Angelo Vinci, an accountant, and his wife Luisa, a homemaker; she has an elder brother, Francesco.
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Roberta Vinci made her professional debut at an ITF tournament in Italy in 1999.
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Roberta Vinci won the French Open in girls' doubles with fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta that same year.
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Alongside Sandrine Testud, Roberta Vinci reached the semifinals in women's doubles of the 2004 French Open.
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Roberta Vinci won the title for Garbin had to retire.
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Roberta Vinci then fell to fellow Italian Corinna Dentoni in the qualifications for Hobart International.
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Roberta Vinci lost to eventual quarterfinalist Carla Suarez Navarro in the first round of the Australian Open.
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Roberta Vinci played for Italy in the Fed Cup World Group stage versus France.
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At her first clay-court event, Mexican Open in Acapulco, Roberta Vinci defeated sixth seed Lucie Safarova in the first round, and then fell to Agnes Szavay of Hungary.
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Roberta Vinci then lost in the second rounds of both the Monterrey Open and the Indian Wells Open, and fell in the qualifications for Miami Miami Open to Anastasia Rodionova.
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Roberta Vinci then fell to eventual champion and former world No 1, Jelena Jankovic, in the quarterfinals of the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella.
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At the Barcelona Open, Roberta Vinci earned her second career title, defeating Pauline Parmentier in the first round, Flavia Pennetta in the second, Anastasiya Yakimova in the quarterfinals, Francesca Schiavone in the semifinals, and defending champion Maria Kirilenko in the final.
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Roberta Vinci reached the second round of the Morocco Open held in Fes.
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At the Italian Open, Roberta Vinci lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko.
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Roberta Vinci then beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the first round of the Madrid Open, and then was beaten by Vera Dushevina in the second.
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Roberta Vinci lost to ninth seed Victoria Azarenka in the first round at Roland Garros.
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At Wimbledon, Roberta Vinci beat No 31, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in the second round to set up a third-round matchup with No 2, Serena Williams, and lost.
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At the US Open, Roberta Vinci lost in the first round to Jelena Jankovic.
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Roberta Vinci lost in the third round of the Australian Open to Maria Kirilenko.
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Roberta Vinci reached the final at Barcelona but failed to defend her title, losing to fellow Italian Francesca Schiavone.
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At the Roland Garros, Roberta Vinci lost in the second round to Flavia Pennetta.
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Roberta Vinci fell to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round of Wimbledon.
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Roberta Vinci lost her opening match at the US Open to Venus Williams.
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Roberta Vinci reached the quarterfinals of Hobart losing to sixth seed Jarmila Gajdosova.
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Roberta Vinci lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Alicia Molik.
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Roberta Vinci reached the semifinals of the Pattaya Open, after defeating second seed Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals but then lost to Sara Errani.
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Roberta Vinci then entered the Barcelona Open, where she was the sixth seed.
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Roberta Vinci ended up winning the tournament without having to beat a seed, or a player inside the top 50.
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Roberta Vinci began the American hardcourt swing in Carlsbad as the ninth seed.
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Roberta Vinci was upset in the second round by Zheng Jie.
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Roberta Vinci then suffered early round losses at the Apia International Sydney and the Australian Open to Daniela Hantuchova and Zheng Jie, respectively.
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Roberta Vinci then traveled to Mexico where she participated in her next two tournaments, the Monterrey Open and the Mexican Open.
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Roberta Vinci returned to the top 20 following her fourth round appearance.
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Roberta Vinci then bowed out to tenth seeded Serena Williams in the third round of the Miami Open.
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Roberta Vinci next participated at the Barcelona Open where she was the defending champ but lost in the second round to Simona Halep.
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Roberta Vinci then entered the Estoril Open as the No 1 seed.
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Roberta Vinci made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Kaia Kanepi.
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Roberta Vinci then entered the French Open as the 17th seed and lost in the first round to Sofia Arvidsson.
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Roberta Vinci reached the quarterfinals before losing to Zheng Jie.
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Roberta Vinci then was the No 6 seed at the UNICEF Open, where she was the defending champion.
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Roberta Vinci then competed in the Wimbledon Championships as the 21st seed.
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Roberta Vinci defeated Ashleigh Barty, Marina Erakovic and Mirjana Lucic to reach the round of 16.
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Roberta Vinci won six doubles titles with the fellow Italian Sara Errani including the Madrid Open, the Italian Open and the French Open in 2012.
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Errani and Roberta Vinci reached the final, defeating Czechs Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka for the title.
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Roberta Vinci made it to the third round where she lost to top seed Victoria Azarenka.
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Roberta Vinci ended 2012 in top 20 for the first time at No 16 and No 1 in for the first time doubles ahead of her partner Errani.
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Roberta Vinci began 2013 by losing her opening match to Jarmila Gajdosova at Brisbane.
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Roberta Vinci reached the quarterfinals at Sydney where she lost to eventual champion Agnieszka Radwanska.
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Roberta Vinci partnered Sara Errani and won the doubles event.
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Roberta Vinci was seeded fifth at the Open GdF Suez but lost to German Mona Barthel in the second round.
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Roberta Vinci lost to Urszula Radwanska in the second round at Qatar Open.
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Roberta Vinci eventually succumbed to doubles partner Errani in straight sets.
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Roberta Vinci lost in the third round at Indian Wells to Lara Arruabarrena.
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Roberta Vinci improved her performance at Miami, reaching the quarterfinals.
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Roberta Vinci began her clay court season by losing her opening matches at Stuttgart and Madrid.
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Roberta Vinci reached the third round at Rome, but lost to Simona Halep.
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Roberta Vinci lost to Serena Williams in the fourth round at the French Open.
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Roberta Vinci was the top seed at Rosmalen but lost to Halep again in the second round.
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Roberta Vinci reached the fourth round at Wimbledon but lost to Li Na.
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Roberta Vinci lost to Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals at the Southern California Open at Carlsbad.
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At the US Open, Roberta Vinci reached her second Grand Slam quarterfinal, this time she lost to Flavia Pennetta.
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Roberta Vinci ended the year at No 14 in singles, her highest ever and No 1 in doubles for the third straight season.
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Roberta Vinci began the season at the Auckland Open as the top seed.
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Roberta Vinci fell in the first round to rising star Ana Konjuh in three sets.
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At the Australian Open, Roberta Vinci was the 12th seed but fell in the first round to Zheng Jie.
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Roberta Vinci received a first bye at Indian Wells and defeated Madison Keys in her opening match for her first victory of 2014.
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Roberta Vinci lost her opening match at Miami to Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, in straight sets, after having a first-round bye.
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Roberta Vinci failed to defend her title at the Katowice Open.
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Roberta Vinci beat qualifier Ksenia Pervak in round one but lost to Camila Giorgi the following round.
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Roberta Vinci faced Petra Kvitova during Italy's semifinal Fed Cup tie against Czech team but lost in straight sets.
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Roberta Vinci beat Annika Beck in the first round, but lost to Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets.
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Roberta Vinci reached her first quarterfinal of the year at the Portugal Open.
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Roberta Vinci lost to Radwanska again in the third round.
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Roberta Vinci was seeded 20th at the French Open but lost to Pauline Parmentier in the first round.
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Roberta Vinci then competed at Eastbourne, but lost to Daniela Hantuchova this time in the first round.
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Roberta Vinci's disastrous run continued at Wimbledon when she lost to Donna Vekic in the first round.
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Roberta Vinci was the second seed at the Bucharest Open.
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Roberta Vinci defeated Alexandra Dulgheru and Silvia Soler Espinosa for a place in the quarterfinals.
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Roberta Vinci then reached her first semifinal of 2014 with a victory over seventh seed Petra Cetkovska.
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Roberta Vinci is next competed at Istanbul where she was the second seed, she defeated Anna Tatishvili in the first round.
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Roberta Vinci faced Kurumi Nara in the quarterfinals and won in straight sets.
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At the US Open, Roberta Vinci won her first Grand Slam singles match of 2014 by defeating Paula Ormaechea in the first round followed by a three-set win over Irina-Camelia Begu.
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Roberta Vinci then lost to eventual semifinalist Peng Shuai in the third round.
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Roberta Vinci found her good form at the China Open, defeating Yaroslava Shvedova and upsetting world No 6, Agnieszka Radwanska, in the early rounds.
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Roberta Vinci's run continued with another upset of Ekaterina Makarova in the third round.
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Roberta Vinci booked her place in the quarterfinals where she faced Petra Kvitova.
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Roberta Vinci ended the season outside the top 40 for the first time since 2010 at No 49.
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Roberta Vinci kicked off her 2015 season by playing at the Auckland Open.
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Roberta Vinci then retired in her first-round match against Kiki Bertens at the Mexican Open with a shoulder injury.
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Roberta Vinci then posted good results at the Madrid Open.
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Roberta Vinci reached the fourth round for the second year in a row beating Monica Puig and Alize Cornet.
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Roberta Vinci then reached her second quarterfinal at the Canadian Open by defeating Karin Knapp, qualifier Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, and Daria Gavrilova all in straight sets.
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Roberta Vinci then reached her third US Open quarterfinal in four years after Eugenie Bouchard withdrew a few hours before their fourth-round match after she slipped and hit her head in the locker room.
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At 32, Roberta Vinci became the oldest first-time Grand Slam semifinalist in the Open Era.
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Roberta Vinci then dispatched defending champion Serena Williams in three sets en route to her first Grand Slam final, while ending Williams' attempt at a calendar-year Grand Slam.
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Roberta Vinci was ranked 42 places lower than Williams at that time.
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Roberta Vinci lost to Flavia Pennetta in the final in straight sets in what was the first all-Italian Grand Slam final in the Open Era.
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Roberta Vinci had to save two match points in order to defeat Gasparyan in the second round.
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At the 2016 Fed Cup World Group play-offs, Roberta Vinci represented Italy in their tie against Spain.
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Roberta Vinci lost both of her rubbers to Carla Suarez Navarro and Garbine Muguruza.
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Roberta Vinci began her clay court season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
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Roberta Vinci lost then to 27th seed CoCo Vandeweghe in straight sets.
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Roberta Vinci started her US Open Series at the Canadian Open.
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Roberta Vinci was seeded seventh at the US Open, where she has finalist points to defend from last year.
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Roberta Vinci reached the quarterfinals for the fourth time in five years, defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam, Christina McHale, Carina Witthoft, and Lesia Tsurenko.
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However, on 21 November 2016, Roberta Vinci decided to play at least one more year.
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Roberta Vinci began her clay-court season at the Porsche Grand Prix.
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Roberta Vinci played one grass-court warm-up tournament to prepare herself for Wimbledon.
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Roberta Vinci faced Aleksandra Krunic in the opening round of the Italian Open, but lost the final match of her career in a keenly contested three set match.
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Roberta Vinci said of her retirement: "I'm crying now but I'm happy, I'm happy for what I've accomplished".
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In 2022, partnering with Giulia Sussarello, Roberta Vinci joined the professional padel circuit.
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Roberta Vinci represented Italy at the International Padel Federation's Padel World Championship, combining with fellow tennis retiree Emily Stellato to defeat Belgium in the penultimate bronze medal match.
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Roberta Vinci is known for her doubles prowess, her ability at the net, and relentless use of the backhand slice, although she regrets switching her backhand grip to one-handed at the age of 18.
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Roberta Vinci has been praised for her excellent movement and her sense of the court.
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Note: Roberta Vinci received a walkover in the 2015 US Open, after Eugenie Bouchard sustained concussion.