Eugenie Bouchard had not been enjoying the most fruitful year of her professional tennis career. At one point, she lost 10 of 11 matches. Entering the United States Open, she had not won consecutive matches since March.
Still considered one of the sport’s rising stars, with magazine spreads and endorsement deals and all the outsize expectations that are unavoidable for a player of her stature, Bouchard arrived in Queens merely hoping to reassemble her confidence.
With a 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3 victory over Dominika Cibulkova on Friday, Bouchard, seeded No. 25, advanced to the fourth round and served notice that she is coping with some of her recent struggles.