Canada's Bouchard eliminated from US Open qualifying
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Canadian Eugenie Bouchard will not play in this year's US Open after dropping a match to Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine in the second-round of qualifying on Thursday.
The 23-year-old Yastremska took the first set 6-1 before Bouchard pushed the match to a third and deciding with a 6-4 second set victory. Yastremska, ranked 111th in the world, won the final set 6-4 to advance.
Bouchard, 29, defeated American Katherine Hui in the opening round of qualifying on Tuesday. She is ranked 216th in the world, after a reaching a career-best in 2014.
The Montreal native hasn't competed in the US Open since 2019 with her last Grand Slam appearance coming at the French Open in 2020.