11 March,2021 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Eugenie Bouchard
Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard, 27, recently spoke about her fondness for social media and said she loves engaging with fans. The former World No. 5 is one of the very active tennis players on social media and has 2.1m and 1.6m followers on Instagram and Twitter respectively.
"I can't pretend that it's not a part of my life. I am very aware that I am in the public eye. The first thing any company asks is how many followers I have on social media. It is definitely something on my mind every time [I post]. I think it is a great tool," Bouchard was quoted as saying by Forbes website. The 2014 Wimbledon finalist felt social media helps provide fans a sneak peek into her life away from the tennis court.
"I love engaging with the fans and it can be so direct. It is a part of my life and I use it like I would anyway with my friends and sisters and a lot of people are going to see this and I can show them what I am doing behind the scenes," she added.
Bouchard earlier said that social media can affect players with all the unnecessary criticism that is dished out at them. "I have been through the whole spectrum of people loving you and everything is going great then things go bad and people hate you and then it's the comeback. I have been through that wave so many times," Bouchard said. Currently ranked 144, Bouchard admitted the constant backlash on social media is exhausting for her.
"People need to realise it's only what people choose to show. So I went through the whole spectrum of wanting to post, not wanting to post. I went through the whole thing of emotions. And I just don't even care anymore. It's exhausting," she explained.
