Canadian Eugenie Bouchard slumped to yet another early exit on Wednesday, beaten in her first match in the WTA Charleston tournament by American Lauren Davis. Davis, ranked 66th in the world, needed just 67 minutes to subdue the world number seven 6-3, 6-1 and reach the third round.
Bouchard is the top seed in the $731,000 tournament on green clay, accepting a late wild card invitation in hopes of honing her game after falling in her first match at Miami.
Instead she endured yet a third opening-match defeat of the season, after also dropping her first match in Antwerp.
She also pulled out of Dubai and Monterrey with a right forearm injury.
"I obviously hate losing, but I'm not going to be too hard on myself," Bouchard said. "I know I've not been feeling like myself on the court, so it's just a matter of taking some time now, not playing a tournament, and just taking some time to train and get back to feeling like myself on the court.
"I definitely felt a little bit slow today, overpowered, which is never usually the case. Usually I'm the one who's dominating. So it was definitely just not good - whatever happened was just not good."
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