ROGERS CUP A WEEK OF HIGHS, LOWS FOR BOUCHARD

Pressure and expectations brought out the best and worst of Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard at the women’s Rogers Cup. The Westmount, Que., native thrilled her hometown crowd with wins over higher-ranked Lucie Safarova and Dominika Cibulkova in the opening two rounds, then dashed their hopes by wasting a lead and losing a third- round match to unheralded Kristina Kucova, a hard- working Slovak who got to the main draw through the qualifying tournament. After the defeat, Bouchard spoke of the pressure to win at home, to reach a quarter-finals and to come through in a match she was expected to win. “I do think the pressure got to me a little bit, especially being here in Montreal, trying to make quarters,” Bouchard said after the match.