Eugenie Bouchard withdraws from doubles, mixed doubles at U.S. Open

NEW YORK—A conk on the head and Genie Bouchard has been flushed out of Saturday’s competition at the U.S. Open.

The 21-year-old, from Westmount, Que., slipped and fell in the locker room Friday and “sustained a head injury,” according to a statement released by tournament director David Brewer.

The severity of the injury is still being assessed and Bouchard will continue to be treated and evaluated throughout the day.

While this would be the routine approach for monitoring a concussion, there’s been no confirmation that is the injury Bouchard suffered.

She was scheduled to play a second-round doubles match Saturday afternoon with Russian partner Elena Vesnina. Later Saturday night, on tap was her second-round mixed doubles match with Australian bad-boy Nick Kyrgios.

The long time-friends — they’ve known each other since juniors — utterly charmed spectators in their Friday night victory, flirtatious and playful with each other. One person likened the spectacle to watching an episode of The Bachelor.

At a late night press conference, an ebullient Bouchard was adamant she’d play both Saturday matches despite her important Sunday single’s event looming on the horizon.

She’d just come through a laborious three-set victory over Dominika Cibulkova in the third round earlier Friday afternoon and was clearly exhausted from all that tennis but seemed otherwise fine. Her hair was wet from showering, suggesting Bouchard had already finished with the locker room — but there have been no details disclosed about when she fell.

Bouchard said she was not even considering withdrawing from the later Friday mixed doubles.

“Not at all, I was looking forward to it so much. After the match I told all the fans to go watch.”

She was particularly delighted about being the only female player left going for the Triple Crown: singles, doubles, mixed doubles.

“I wanted to keep that going. That was my ultimate goal when I signed up for all three. Very proud of myself for that.”

Advancing into the Round of 16 in singles marks Bouchard’s best result in 2015 — in fact, since the U.S. Open last year. It’s also the first time she’s won back-to-back-to back matches this season.

Seeded 25th, she is slated to face Italian Roberta Vinci Sunday.