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Eugenie Bouchard wins Bobbie Rosenfeld award as Canadian Press female athlete of the year – for the second straight year
Tennis star Genie Bouchard might have watched the Lou Marsh trophy for athlete of the year go to bobsledder Kailie Humpries, but she was the overwhelming choice for Canadian Press's female athlete of the year.
Out of 80 votes from sports editors and television broadcasters across the country, the 20-year-old from Westmount, Que. got 74. Humphries, freestyle skiier Justine Dufour-Lapointe and goalie Shannon Szabados each received two votes.
The last female athlete to win the award two straight years was Speedskater Cindy Klassen in 2005 and 2006.
"We are very, very proud of Genie. She is a fierce competitor and an amazing Canadian ambassador," new Tennis Canada CEO Kelly Murumets gushed to the Canadian Press. "How exciting. She’s still only 20 years old. I’m sure she feels incredibly honoured. Certainly, on behalf of her, we are very honoured that you have recognized her two years in a row. And the best is yet to come. She is on the trajectory to be a No. 1 competitor in the world."
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She had an even better season in 2014 compared to 2013, when she won the award for the first time. Bouchard jumped from No. 32 in the world to finish the season at No. 7, won her first WTA Tour title in Nürnberg, Germany, and reached the singles final at Wimbledon.
Earlier in the week, compatriot Milos Raonic won the Lionel Conacher Award as Canadian Press's male athlete of the year – also for the second straight year. So Canadian tennis players rule once again.
"Eugenie Bouchard became a world superstar in 2014 with her extraordinary performances in the Grand Slam tournaments. Few Canadian athletes can boast of achieving celebrity all over the world so quickly," said one of the voters, Journal Métro managing editor Jean-Pascal Beaupré.
After spending Christmas at home with her family, Bouchard will shortly head to Perth, Australia, where she and compatriot Vasek Pospisil will represent Canada in the Hopman Cup, a country vs. country exhibition that features singles and mixed doubles. Serena Williams will represent the U.S. in the eight-country event.
She will officially begin her season at the Australian Open on Jan. 19, where she likely will be the No. 7 seed. Bouchard reached the semi-finals at the first Grand Slam tournament of the season a year ago, the first major sign of what was to come in a breakout 2014, and the first of three standout performances at majors (another semi-final at the French Open in Paris, then the final at venerable Wimbledon).
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