Playing for the first time on blue clay, the Top 2 players in the world made winning starts to their Mutua Madrid Open campaigns on Sunday, although one of them had a much less complicated time than the other.
Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia hits a forehand to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during her second round match at the Nature Valley International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.