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Bouchard files lawsuit against USTA

Eugenie Bouchard has begun legal action against the United States Tennis Association after suffering concussion following a fall at the US Open.

The Canadian slipped in the locker room at the Grand Slam event in September.

She withdrew from the tournament prior to a fourth-round match and pulled out of her comeback event at the China Open on 5 October because of dizziness.

The lawsuit alleges the 21-year-old slipped on "a slippery, foreign and dangerous substance" in New York.

It also alleges negligence and includes a demand for a jury trial, with world number 39 Bouchard seeking damages from the USTA and USTA National Tennis Center.