Canadian tennis star Bouchard withdraws from Wimbledon due to 'ranking points'

Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, the former Wimbledon runner-up, withdrew from participating in this year's edition of the tournament because her points were not added to the balance of players and players in the world rankings.

Bouchard, 28, reached the Wimbledon final, the third of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the season, in 2014, but then lost to Czech star Petra Kvitova.

Her withdrawal comes as she is keen to make the most of her "protected rating" rule after undergoing shoulder surgery last year.

Bouchard attributed the reason for her withdrawal from participating in Wimbledon, which starts on June 27, to the decision not to add the tournament points to the world rankings, after the tournament organizers decided to ban the participation of players from Russia and Belarus due to the crisis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

"Due to my shoulder surgery, I have a limited number of entries available under the protected classification rule," Bouchard said in a statement.

"Despite my love for Wimbledon, and the sadness I feel about withdrawing from it, it makes no sense to use the protected classification rule in a tournament that will not award points in the classification," she added in the statement published by the British news agency "BA Media."

And she continued, "I have to choose wisely and take advantage of the participations that the protected classification base gives me in tournaments that help me return to the position I aspire to."

She added, "Now I will use the two entries guaranteed by the protected classification base in the Grand Slam tournaments, in the American and Australian Opens."

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