NY Times · May 27, 2015
2 Rising Players, Bouchard and Dimitrov, Fall in First Round
Photo Eugenie Bouchard continued to struggle, losing in the first round of a Grand Slam event for the first time. Credit Caroline Blumberg/European Pressphoto Agency PARIS — While most favorites at the French Open advanced past the first round without issue, two of the brightest young lights of last summer could not on Tuesday.
Eugenie Bouchard — a Canadian who made runs to the semifinals of the Australian Open and the French Open last year, and then reached the final at Wimbledon — lost to Kristina Mladenovic, 6-4, 6-4. It was Bouchard’s first loss in the first round of a Grand Slam event, and she will fall from her current ranking, No. 6, to outside the top 10.