“Only people who do that are Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic” - Eugenie Bouchard bemoans how consistency of GOATs at Majors is taken for 'granted'

Eugenie Bouchard opened up about how people took the consistency of players like Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic in the Grand Slams for granted. The former World No. 5 discussed how huge expectations were piled on her since she became the first Canadian-born representing Canada to reach the final of a Major.

Bouchard burst onto the scene as a teenager and exceeded the already high expectations piled on her when she reached the final of Wimbledon in 2014 as a 20-year-old. She had also made it to the final 4 of the Australian Open and French Open that year.

Seeded 13th, the Canadian registered big wins over the likes of 20th seed Andrea Petkovic, 25th seed Alize Cornet, ninth seed Angelique Kerber, and third seed Simona Halep to reach the finals. Amazingly, she didn't drop a single set en route to the final. However, Bouchard was crushed by sixth seed Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-0 in the final.

In the recent episode of the Tennis Insider Club podcast, which is hosted by Caroline Garcia and her fiance Borja Duran, Eugenie Bouchard opened up about how due to her incredible run at the London Major, huge expectations were piled on Eugenie Bouchard as many believed she would go on to win Majors in the future.

"The expectations, number 1. From the outside, I mean I made the finals of a Grand Slam and everyone was like okay, that means you're gonna win one next year obviously right?"

However, she explained how this level of consistency was only produced by the likes of Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, who are considered the greatest of all time, and bemoaned how people took their consistency for granted.

"The only people who consistently do that are the ones we call the greatest of all times, literally Serena or Djokovic, or whoever and it's really hard to do that. People kind of just take it for granted."

The Canadian further explained how these expectations were not only piled on her but on every player who was able to deliver a result of significance.

"But it's not just me, every single player who goes through this, who's had an amazing result then it’s suddenly, you're constantly compared to that amazing result."

"That was really tough for me" - Eugenie Bouchard on getting her 'butt kicked' in Wimbledon 2014 final

Eugenie Bouchard (Source: Getty)

Back in May, Eugenie Bouchard appeared on The Mental Game by Brandon Soho podcast where she talked about her heartbreaking 55-minute defeat to Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon final. She said that her crushing defeat was made harder by the fact that she dominantly went into the final without dropping a single set.

"That was really tough for me, especially because to get to the final I actually hadn't lost a set, so I was really winning all my matches quite, in a straightforward way. And then I got my butt kicked in a straightforward way in the final," Bouchard said.

The Canadian admitted that she didn't feel worthy of the Venus Rosewater Dish since she was dominated by Kvitova but said that she cried a lot after her defeat.

"It was tough, and I didn't feel like I deserved to win at all because I totally got dominated on the court, but yeah, a lot of tears after that one," Bouchard added.

Eugenie Bouchard would never replicate her heroics in Wimbledon again with her best result being her third-round campaign in 2016. She currently juggles her life as a professional in both tennis and pickleball.