Eugenie Bouchard suffers first-round exit at Luxembourg Open

Eugenie Bouchard suffered a second consecutive first-round loss as she crashed out of the Luxembourg Open to Denisa Allertova yesterday. The former Wimbledon finalist took the lead, but eventually crumbled to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to the world No. 102

Eugenie Bouchard received a tough challenge from Denisa Allertova yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

Luxembourg: Eugenie Bouchard suffered a second consecutive first-round loss as she crashed out of the Luxembourg Open to Denisa Allertova yesterday. The former Wimbledon finalist took the lead, but eventually crumbled to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to the world No. 102.

Fourth seed Caroline Garcia was made to work hard for a 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 6-4 win against Anett Kontaveit, while wildcard Francesca Schiavone upset fifth seed Laura Siegemund.

She beat the German 6-2, 6-2 to set up a tie with Monica Niculescu, who beat Kirsten Flipkens in straight sets, while Varvara Lepchenko also progressed after beating Tsvetana Pironkova in three sets. Yanina Wickmayer failed to recover from a nightmare first set as she went down to Anna Karolina Schmedlova 6-0, 1-6, 6-3.

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