Eugenie Bouchard was oblivious of the furore her bra strap caused at Wimbledon today as last year’s beaten finalist surprisingly lost in the first round.
The Canadian was given a code violation for breaking Wimbledon’s all-white dress code when her black bra strap showed from underneath her vest top.
While the warning has raised eyebrows elsewhere, Bouchard – who lost 7-6 6-4 to world number 117 Ying-Ying Duan – did not feel the commotion.
“I was not aware of that at all,” he said.
“And no one told me anything about my bra.”
Bouchard suffered a grade two abdominal tear at Eastbourne last week which hampered her Wimbledon preparations, which the 21-year-old felt went part of the way to accounting for her shock defeat.
“I felt very unprepared for this match, that’s unfortunate,” she said.
“But I wanted to play, no matter what.
“It probably would have been smart not to play here, but I couldn’t pass on Wimbledon, so I did minimal preparation to save myself for the match.
“I was taped and felt okay but I was trying not to think about it. I just haven’t practiced that much so I felt my timing was very off.”
Feature image courtesy of BBC, with thanks
