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Thursday, April 15, 2021

Eugenie Bouchard reported to be dating Steelers QB Mason Rudolph

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard returns the ball to Poland's Iga Swiatek during their women's singles third round tennis match on Day 6 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 2, 2020.

Eugenie Bouchard has been getting her tennis game back on track and now she apparently has a new boyfriend.

TMZ Sports confirmed Friday

that the Westmount native is dating Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback

Mason Rudolph

with a source close to the couple saying “the two began a romantic fling recently … and have gotten pretty serious.”

Bouchard posted a photo on Instagram this week from a restaurant in Pittsburgh with the caption “Pitt stop”, which was liked by Rudolph, who TMZ presumes took the photo.

Bouchard made it to the third round of a Grand Slam event for the first time since the 2017 at last week’s French Open, where she lost in the third round, 6-3, 6-2, to Poland’s Iga Swiatek.

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“I felt like I played a very good opponent,” Bouchard told reporters in Paris. “She was putting pressure on me from the beginning. I tried to counter that and tried to put pressure back. But I was missing my shots by small margins and making some mistakes I haven’t really made in recent matches. I definitely felt a little off today.”

Bouchard was ranked 168th in the world heading into the French Open and was given a wild-card invitation. She reached a career-high No. 5 world ranking after reaching the Wimbledon final in 2014.

Bouchard’s game has improved recently and she reached the final of a clay-court tournament in Instanbul last month.

Bouchard is 26 and Rudolph is 25.

A few months ago, Bouchard tweeted that going through COVID-19 quarantine “would be a lot more fun with a boyfriend.”

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