Eugenie Bouchard fuels romance rumours with NFL star

A dedicated Eugenie Bouchard is supporting her famous new flame as the tennis star looked to confirm speculation about her love life.

Mason Rudolph appeared to have a special fan in the stands for Sunday’s win against the Titans.

Taking to Instagram, Canadian tennis star Genie Bouchard posted a photo from Nissan Stadium in Tennessee, America, weeks after she and the NFL player fuelled romance rumours.

“Soflo reunion in nash,” Bouchard captioned the shot, to which Rudolph replied: “Go Steelers!”

Bouchard, 26, and Pittsburgh Steelers back-up quarterback Rudolph, 25, are said to “have gotten pretty serious”, a source told TMZ earlier this month. Bouchard recently geo-tagged a photo from Pittsburgh, revealing she made a “Pitt stop”.

Rudolph, who famously got into a helmet-swinging fight with Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett last season, was last linked to American “Bachelor” contestant Hannah Ann Sluss in April.

Bouchard is a Steelers fan now.

Back in March, Bouchard said she was flooded with “dating resumes” after tweeting that quarantine “would be a lot more fun with a boyfriend”.

Earlier this year the world No. 168 also agreed to a virtual rendezvous — then a meeting in the flesh — with American podcaster Bob Menery after he ambushed her on Instagram live and asked for a date if he donated enough money to charity.

Unfortunately, Menery’s constant spruiking of their new-found connection on social media led Bouchard into the arms of another man.

“I went on a date because of you. I just wanted to let you know that your obscene posting may be backfiring,” Bouchard told Menery on his podcast in July.

“Someone who only heard of me because you were posting about me asked me on a date and we went on a date.

“I’m not going to divulge details but I’m just saying he was like, ‘I heard about you because of Bob’.

“I was like, ‘This is so funny’. Thank you Bob.”

Mason Rudolph is a key part of the Steelers’ machine.

Genie’s dating life has been well publicised.

In May, during her Zoom date with Menery, Bouchard revealed her longest ever relationship with a guy lasted a “few years”, and elaborated on the difficulties of finding love given the demands of her career.

“It’s hard to meet people in person because I’m always travelling. Normally I’m in a different city every single week so that makes it super hard,” Bouchard said.

“What do you do? If someone knows who you are then I don’t want them to look up to me too much, I don’t want them to be a fan.

“How do you meet someone who’s not like that? It’s tough.”

Combining a social life with a professional tennis career isn’t easy.

With staff writers