Eugenie Bouchard, down to No. 11 in the rankings (at best) after the French Open, adds tournament in the Netherlands

PARIS – The decimated women's singles draw at the French Open produced the following quarter-final matchup: unseeded Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium vs. No. 23 seed Timea Bascinszky of Switzerland.

Genie Bouchard fans already know, having already done the math, that this was her quarter of the draw. Had the Canadian somehow been able to produce some Grand Slam magic from the first round, her road to another French Open semi-final would have gone like this: Kristina Mladenovic (No. 54), Danka Kovinic of Montenegro (No. 87),  Van Uytvanck (No. 88) and Andreea Mitu of Romania (her conqueror at Fed Cup in Montreal), the No. 99 player in the world. And then, Bacsinszky for the opportunity to get to the final four.

That's not even a best-case scenario you could make up in your finest dreams although in an alternate universe where Bouchard did win her first-round match, you can't say with certainty that all the subsequent opponents would be the same. Still, this French Open draw has been completely ravaged; No. 2 Maria Sharapova, No. 3 Simona Halep, No. 4 Petra Kvitova, No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki all were eliminated well before their scheduled expiry date.

Either No. 7 seed Ana Ivanovic, No. 13 Lucie Safarova, No. 19 Elina Svitolina or No. 21 Garbiñe Muguruza will be in the French Open final.

Oh well, moving on.

Bouchard has indeed, as she said she might, added a second grass-court warmup tournament to her planned effort in Eastbourne the week of June 15. Next week, she will play the Topshelf Open in s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

In all likelihood, Bouchard will be the No. 1 seed, a position that has mostly definitely not been kind to her in her career, with examples too numerous to mention.

Bouchard has played s'Hertogenbosch twice before. In 2012, she lost in the first round of qualifying and last year, ranked No. 13, she lost in the first round to American Vania King. Things worked out well on the grass after that.

Bouchard mentioned after her mixed-doubles match in Paris with Max Mirnyi that she was looking to play doubles as well. Our choice for a perfect partner would be Germany's Andrea Petkovic, because there would be a 99 per cent chance she would laugh and enjoy herself. Make that 100 per cent.

The next week, Bouchard will play Eastbourne. Then a week off to practice, and then Wimbledon.

On the negative side, The Canadian's ranking will finally drop out of the top 10 next Monday. Given her struggles, it had been expected to come sooner than this but the reality was that none of the players ranked below her made a move.

That has changed. No. 11 is the best-case scenario. If – and this is a longshot – Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and/or Bascinszky both reach the French Open final, either or both would pass her as well.