Re: AO 2021
Reply #47 –
Genie Bouchard has a new sponsorship with New Balance, obviously tennis ability(think she his ranked about 140 odd) has little to do with marketing and apart from being a nice looking girl she also has 2 zillion instagram followers hanging of her every word and photos which is probably the main reason why she is in demand. As for her tennis career she was just bundled out of a tournament in Lyon in the first round.
Good luck to her but spare a thought for a tennis player with more ability and desire but who doesnt have that celebrity appeal
and easy money to fall back on. ie You are ranked in the top 50 but a player ranked 100 spots above you will probably earn more money for playing less tennis at a lesser level if they have the looks and are media savvy.
Agreed, her appearances are now more about boosting her Instagonad profile, it's disingenuous and disrespectful to the sport.
Maybe she is a nice person, but what she is up to is not much better than Tomic, at least that is what I think.
There are plenty of players that deserve a crack at the tournaments she probably gets a wildcard for, because she rates for the broadcasters!
In my world, a sports based world, the only thing she has influence over is disdain. I'd rather they gave wildcards to The Three Stooges, at least then everyone would know it's a joke!