A crush of fans greet Eugenie Bouchard after a Sunday practice - including Grandmaman

MONTREAL – These big, beefy security people around the Rogers Cup – there are exponentially more of them this year as security around the tournament has been tightened to the extreme – were taking their jobs seriously Sunday.

As hometown heroine Genie Bouchard exited Court 8, where she hit for about an hour and 20 minutes with Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, the demand for pics, selfies and the like was major.

So much so that Bouchard's gorgeous grandmother Huguette was given the big brushoff by a burly guy three times her size and likely one-third her age when she tried to get say hello to her granddaughter.

You can see her here; she's the lovely lady with the short, grey hair, jeans and pale shirt. She sure looks like a security risk, doesn't she? The security guy passed the test.

Finally, not without a lot of effort, she finally got in there for a hug and a kiss. Well done, madame.

The practice (Bouchard hit the court for another session later in the day, after the media conference in which she announced she would be taking part in the Summer Olympics in Rio and a sponsor's appearance) seemed to go fairly well overall, although it tailed off at the end.

Here's what it looked like.

Bouchard will play during the day session on Tuesday against Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.

The staggered start with the Toronto men's event means that the day session on the stadium court at Uniprix Stadium only has two matches on the schedule, which is a shame and definitely not value-added for those with centre court tickets. If the two matches go quickly - but not so quickly (such as with an injury retirement) that they consider moving another match in there - the main stadium can be shuttered by 3:30 p.m. until the beginning of the night session at 7 p.m. That forces all those ticket holders onto the auxiliary courts.

But centre court ticket holders can only access the upper tier of seats on the grandstand court, Court Banque Nationale even though the bottom tier, which is ticketed separately, is rarely close to full.

There are three matches on the day-session schedule in Toronto, which begins at 11 a.m.