Eugenie Bouchard was calm, and organised when it mattered, as she beat home favourite Karman Thandi 6-2, 7-6(2) to enter the quarterfinals of the WTA Chennai Open at the SDAT Tennis Stadium here on Wednesday.
Bouchard played a solid first set, wobbled for much of the second even as Karman lifted her game, before readjusting her technique while visibly tiring and “sweating out of her shoes,” to get past the finish line.
The Canadian’s start was smart and clean, with the right amount of weight, depth and power on her shots. Karman didn’t hold the cards close to her chest, trying to run around backhands and revealing which her favoured wing was.
