Eugenie Bouchard, of Westmount, Que., waved goodbye to professional tennis with a hard-fought loss Wednesday night.

MONTREAL — Eugenie Bouchard waved goodbye to professional tennis with a hard-fought loss Wednesday night. The 31-year-old from Westmount, Que., bowed out to 17th seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in a second-round match at the National Bank Open after announcing the hometown tournament would be her last.

Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard was the centre of attention on Monday during the National Bank Open in Montreal. The reason behind that was that it could have been Bouchard’s last game in professional tennis,