Eugenie Bouchard displayed another impressive performance in her second round match at the Aegon International in Eastbourne against Irina-Camelia Begu. This is a great win for the Canadian who suffered a tough loss to Begu just a few months ago in Madrid. Bouchard winning this match means that her performance in Eastbourne is already better than in the last two tournaments she played where she didn’t get to win more than two matches.
One break is enough for Bouchard
Bouchard got off to the better start, holding to love and then breaking her opponent just to later consolidate that break with her serve and be up 3-0. Begu knew that be down a break so early in the match put her in a complicated situation, but the Romanian also knew it gave her a bigger chance to get the break back, she just needed to hold her serve and wait for the right moment. However, the Canadian didn’t seem to give her an opportunity to take her lead away as she had another easy service game that helped her be up 4-1.
The efforts of Begu were paying up as she didn’t drop her serve again and was playing a lot better. Still, Bouchard wasn’t going to drop her level and held to love to be up 5-1. The Romanian would win her service game and she still would get another chance to win the break back, but the Canadian just needed one set point to close the opening set 6-3.
Bouchard dominates to take the match
Begu needed to start the second set with a hold as she already knew what it was like to be a break down at the start of the set. But things didn’t go according to plan as the Canadian started the set attacking her opponent which helped her to get the first break. Bouchard later would hold without any complications. The Romanian held her serve but still was down 1-2. Everything was working for the Canadian who until now hadn’t struggled with her serve and she scored another hold to love to trail off with the set 3-1.
Bouchard quickly went on to have three break points to only extend her lead, Begu saved two of them but was unable to save the third one and now was two breaks down. The hopes of getting back into the match slipped away when Bouchard successfully held her serve to be up 5-1. It was now up to Begu’s serve to stay in the match, but the Canadian was eager to wrap up this match and she did only needing one match point to book her spot in the third round. Bouchard scored another win in under an hour, 6-3, 6-1.
Bouchard to meet Radwanska Next
In the third round, Eugenie Bouchard will face Agnieszka Radwanska. This will be the third meeting between them, the Pole leads the series 2-0. Their last meeting happened this year at the Australian Open where Radwanska prevailed in straight sets .
