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"The Family Circle Cup, April 4th to 12th, 2015. We'll see you there," Eugenie Bouchard said, squinting through sunshine at a camera. "Genie. Can we get you to finish with a smile?" "I'll try," the 20-year-old Canadian said with a giggle.
No problem for Bouchard, the latest prime candidate for the future face of women's tennis. This week's Family Circle Cup has a great group of young Americans, but no one on Daniel Island shines brighter with potential than Bouchard.
She gets it. The WTA is selling her look as well as her game, but Bouchard seems to have the head for career management, on and off the court. "Outside attention is great," she said Monday. "But if there's no tennis, no one will really care. So I know I have to perform on the court and that's the reason I'm here."
Bouchard was asked if WTA players think of her differently now. "I don't know," Bouchard said. "They can think what they want. I'm just focused on myself."
"The main thing is just requests," Bouchard said. "My agent will say, 'Don't do this' or 'Don't do that' and I think it's important to say no to a few things just because it will take up so much time. The most important thing is my time on the practice court and fitness. After I get all those things done, then I can go and do something else."
A Family Circle Cup website poll Monday asked fans to vote for the player they were "most excited to see." Two-time defending champ Serena Williams was the runaway leader with 560 votes. Bouchard was second with 185, well ahead of everyone else.
"She's made huge improvements in the last couple of years," WTA veteran Samantha Stosur said Monday. "Now she's made the semi of a Grand Slam. She has a good game and she's still young and there are still lots of ways she can improve. I think she's going to be an exciting player for years to come."
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