Eugenie Bouchard deserves some real credit, says expert

Tennis broadcaster praised Eugenie Bouchasigns of signs of progress. The Canadian started from rock bottom playing ITFs and Grand Slam qualies, this week at the Australian Open he reached the main draw second round losing to the 23-time Grand Slam winner .

Bouchard took her share of criticism over the years but she deserves some real credit here, said Bettauer. She was in danger of dropping out of the top 200 in the world over a year ago. Shes got her ranking up to No.

79 in the world and its going to go up from here. She needed to do [that] to regain her confidence. Were seeing a confident Genie Bouchard. And when Genie Bouchard is confident and she takes the ball on the rise, she really robs her opponents of time.

Her performance yesterday [in the first round] was very impressive. Im telling you, shes going to give Serena Williams trouble. Marvin Ryder, a marketing professor, added: If she were to win or at least acquit herself very well, maybe take it to three sets …

it would help put a little lustre back onto her star. No doubt about it. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title