Genie Bouchard waved goodbye to professional tennis with a hard-fought loss. The 31-year-old Canadian bowed out to 17th seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round of the National Bank Open after announcing the hometown tournament would be her last.

Eugenie Bouchard, of Westmount, Que., made her retirement from professional tennis official Wednesday night after losing a three-set battle at the National Bank Open.

Montreal: Eugenie Bouchard’s professional singles career came to an end in front of a home crowd in Montreal, where the former Wimbledon finalist lost a hard-fought second-round match at the Omnium Banque Nationale to Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic,