Eugenie Bouchard, who broke new ground for women’s tennis in Canada, has announced she will retire after this year’s National Bank Open in Montreal.

Genie Bouchard, who lost to Petra Kvitova in the 2014 Wimbledon final, is to call time on her career at the National Bank Open in Montreal

Eleven years after she exploded onto the tennis scene, Eugenie Bouchard will be retiring from tennis "where it all started."