Bouchard granted a wildcard for French Open

 

Canadian professional tennis player Eugenie Bouchard

Tennis fans are in a frenzy after Eugenie Bouchard was granted a wildcard to play at the French Open.

Tournament organizers announced on Tuesday that Bouchard, Andy Murray and Tsvetana Pironkova had been given wildcards for the claycourt grand slam beginning later this month.

Bouchard, who reached the French Open semi-finals in 2014, has been playing claycourt tournaments since the season restarted last month and got to the final of the Istanbul Open where she lost in three sets on Sunday. Read more