Eugenie Bouchard rushed to hospital after suffering freak injury playing pickleball
EUGENIE BOUCHARD suffered a freak eye injury during a pickleball training session.
Bouchard, 30, was rushed to hospital and had to wear an eye patch after receiving treatment.
Thankfully, the ex-Wimbledon finalist assured her fans that she will be healed in "a matter of days".
Bouchard posted: "Got hit in the eye with a pickleball during training today.
Read More on Tennis
“It was a shank off my partner’s paddle straight into the eye. Went to urgent care and have a scratched cornea.
“The things we do for this sport! Will be healed in a matter of days.”
Bouchard made her name in tennis but recently found success in a different kind of sport after trying her hand at pickleball.
The game is similar to padel as it's two vs two in a small court and is rapidly increasing in popularity across the world.
CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS
This is not the first time Bouchard got to feel the risks of her new sport.
Last month, the former World No5 competed in a match that saw her opponent getting carried away and slamming the ball point-blank at her.
But Bouchard got her revenge as she started to land some tough shots of her own.