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Eugenie Bouchard makes quick work of Kiki Bertens to move into the third round of the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia – Fifteen minutes into Genie Bouchard's second-round match at the Australian Open against Kiki Bertens, it was already 4-0. It was 5-0 at 19 minutes, and the Canadian had the first set in the bag after just 23 minutes.
Only at 6-0, 5-1 did the Canadian drop the ball – just briefly – losing her serve on four self-enforced errors as the tried to close out the match. But that was the only brief blip. The second time she tried, Bouchard got the job done; the 6-0, 6-3 victory puts her into the third round, where she will play France's Caroline Garcia.
Bouchard's only close call came with a too-close television camera, which trailed her when she sprinted to the side of the court after the match to retrieve what looked like a wristband she had handed to a fan, that had been dropped. Bouchard quickly turned around, and the near-collision had no more serious consequence than an awkward-looking extreme closeup.
"I was happy with the way I was able to step in and control the, points, whether I did the winner or she did the error. In the end I think that's how I want to play. Just need to stay a bit more focused at the end to try to close it out. More on my terms," Bouchard said. "Just a few loose errors by me ... But I'm glad I kind of was able to refocus on my service game."
Bertens, a tall, big-hitting player, just couldn't keep the ball in the court often enough, similar to Bouchard's first-round opponent, Anna-Lena Friedsam.
For her part, the Canadian hit the ball more cleanly and was even more aggressive in this second official match of the season, putting Bertens on her back foot and creating some of those errors.
The next round should be more of a challenge, more of a measuring tick to see where Bouchard's game is.
And Garcia has an extra secret weapon. For the first time in Bouchard's professional career, she will face an opponent whose coach has previously coached her: former Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat.
Tauziat, who worked with Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak after parting ways with Bouchard – until Wozniak had shoulder surgery – has worked periodically with Garcia over the years. The French player's father, Luis, is her coach but he's wise enough to bring in more experienced coaches to consult.
That list also includes Frédéric Fontang, the current coach of Vasek Pospisil.
This year, Tauziat will supposedly be even more involved. And if she can bring to Garcia's game what she did to Bouchard's – her experience, access and calm demeanour was a major contributing factor to Bouchard's win at junior Wimbledon in 2012, a tournament where there seemed to be a fair amount of drama going on behind the scenes – Garcia should take some big steps towards fulfilling the potential she has long had.
Bouchard referred to Garcia as a "good up-and-comer," amusing considering the Frenchwoman is only four months older than Bouchard. Then again, she refers to the Genie Army, university students who are about her age, as "kids."
From her perspective at this point, they're not inaccurate observations.
If she were Tauziat, what would she tell Garcia about Bouchard? "I don't think I'm going to answer that" Bouchard said." 'She's amazing'. 'You're going to get killed!' No, I'm kidding."
"I worked with Nathalie a little bit. I guess that's how the tennis world is. It's a small world. Kind of musical chairs in terms of coaching. I'm sure it won't be the last time in my career," Bouchard added. "It won't really bother me. I'm not playing against the coach, I'm playing against the player. I'm not going to worry about it. I'm still friendly with Nathalie, so it's all good."
Bouchard said she was expecting a tough one. And she should. The two have met twice, both times in Mexico.
The first time, as juniors in 2010 at an end-of-year event (or a "beginning-of-2011" event, since it overlapped New Year's Day), Garcia won 6-3, 6-2.
In Acapulco less than a year ago, in the quarterfinals, Garcia won 6-1 in the third set.
On a long-term note, it looked for quite awhile as if Maria Sharapova, who was drawn to face Bouchard in a potential (on paper) was going to be shuttled out of the tournament by No. 150-ranked Russian Alexandra Panova. It didn't happen; Sharapova, the No. 2 seed, overcame a 1-4 deficit in the third set and saved two match points to survive.
But Bouchard's section has already been decimated. Garcia eliminated No. 27 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. No 9 seed Angelique Kerber and No. 17 Carla Suarez Navarro were the seeded players in the section from which Bouchard's potential fourth-round opponent will come, if she can get past Garcia.
And they, too, are out.
