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Eugenie Bouchard had one of her best weeks in tennis in a long time but fell short at the Swiss Open when she was forced to retire from her semi-final match with a right-thigh injury.

Bouchard had lost the first set 7-6 and trailed 1-0 in the second to top seed Alize Cornet of France when she had to withdraw on Saturday.

“It happened in the second point of the match,” said Bouchard. “I felt stress or pain in my groin, the adductor. But it was getting continually worse and really hampered my movement.”

“I was really hampered but I was still so close to winning the first set,” said Bouchard. “I’ll have good memories from Gstaad no matter what. I think I made a good run here.”

It was Bouchard’s first trip to a semi-final since January, 2017, when the native of Westmount, Que., reached the final four at a tournament in Sydney.

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