Despite Pickleball move Eugenie Bouchard will return to Team Canada for Billie Jean King Cup Finals with Bianca Andreescu omitted

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard will represent her country in the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

The six-day competition will be begin on November 07 at the Estadio de la Cartuja in Seville, Spain

The 29-year-old will join the likes of Leylah Fernandez, Gabriela Dabrowski, Rebecca Marino, and Marina Stakusic in Team Canada.

Bouchard appearance in the competition is a little surprising, considering she retired from professional tennis in September earlier this year.

As per different reports, one of the primary reasons for the decision taken by the Montreal-born was her interest in joining the Pickleball.

Interestingly, the former world number four Bianca Andreescu will not appear in the competition.

She is a Grand Slam winner having won the US Open back in 2019 where she defeated the former world number one America’s legendary tennis star Serena Williams in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 7-5.

Canada is placed in Group C of the competition where they will go first up against Spain on November eight. Two days later, they will clash against Poland which will feature the likes of the former world number one and the four-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek.