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Genie’s College Tour

Eugenie Bouchard emerged in 2014 as a rising star in the WTA. She reached the semis in France, Australia and the Wimbledon finals in 2014. Her ranking shot to world no. 5. For whatever reason, sports writers speculate about motivation, injury, focus on endorsements etc, she has seen mixed results lately. She is still one of the most marketable athletes. What Genie has accomplished by age 23 is considerable. When she arrived at New Haven she asked the tournament director if a private tour of Yale could be arranged. She seemed genuinely excited and acted as though she might really walk away from the sport and go to school.

Genie ended up retweeting this video on her Twitter account. This was significant because  her online following or “Genie Army” is large compared to other female tennis players. She may have regretted sharing later because she ended up having to tweet to fans and the public that she was not actually leaving tennis for college. It was too late, articles abounded online and the video spread bringing positive attention to New Haven and the tournament.

WTA Party

The Pre-Wimbledon party for the WTA was held in the center of London. It was the day of the Brexit vote too, but it was raining and the tube was flooded. The piece itself is simply a bunch of broll strung together. I only could carry a backpack with a monopod, two lenses and a camera. The tube I would have taken was flooded. There were lots of people trying to get home from work all crowding onto the already packed bus system. From one bus, to another bus to the tube, down the street. I found the location! Apparently the tube was down all over the city. Not only was it a problem for people getting home, but they Londoners could not get to the polls to vote on Brexit. Surely a lot of “remain” votes were lost as a result. What a crazy day to be in the UK.