‘Kinda lonely’ tennis star Eugenie Bouchard inundated with social media offers

Life on the pro tennis circuit can be a lonely business for Eugenie Bouchard. The 24-year-old former world No.5 says she’s been inundated with requests to spend time with her after a social media post lamenting that she was “kinda bored kinda lonely dm me”.

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Life on the pro tennis circuit can be a lonely business for Eugenie Bouchard.

The 24-year-old former world No.5 says she’s been inundated with requests to spend time with her after a social media post lamenting that she was “kinda bored kinda lonely dm me”.

“What I do is very lonely,” she told The Daily Telegraph. “Your social life takes a massive hit.”

Eugenie Bouchard, pictured training in Australian Open practice sessions, says she can’t even look at her direct messages because there are so many of them. Picture: Mark Stewart

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Bouchard made a statement as she arrived at the annual Crown and IMG pre Australian Open tennis party at Crown in Melbourne last night, wearing bright blue bike pants and crop top.

The single Canadian has almost two million followers on Instagram, with her post about being lonely attracting thousands of comments and hundreds of thousands of likes.

“I didn’t think people would actually take me so seriously,” she said. “I couldn’t look at my DMs (direct messages). It was a constant stream. It was ridiculous.”

Bouchard at the Crown IMG Tennis in Melbourne on Sunday night. Picture: AAP Image/Julian Smith

As for dating, Bouchard said she doesn’t think men are intimidated by her success.

“I hope that is not the case because that just makes me lonelier,” she said. “Approach me, I won’t bite.”

Bouchard said she has not resorted to online dating as yet.

“I have had people send me screen shots of people pretending to be me on dating apps. That is a bit much,” she said. “What happens when they meet up, totally catfished.”

In terms of the kind of person she is looking for, Bouchard is attracted to “good style”.

“Someone who is confident and funny and has a good dress sense,” she explained.

“And also they need to be taller than me and have more muscle than me.”