Eugenie Bouchard rushed to hospital after suffering freak injury playing pickleball

EUGENIE BOUCHARD suffered a freak eye injury while playing pickleball with her partner.

Bouchard, 30, was rushed to hospital and had to wear an eye patch after receiving treatment.

The Canadian was practicing and got hit in the eye by the plastic ball that led to her rushing to urgent care.

The former tennis ace updated her 2.3million followers on Instagram and shared the full extent of her injury.

However, the ex-Wimbledon star assured her fans that she will be healed in “a matter of days”.

Bouchard posted: “Got hit in the eye with a pickleball during training today.

“It was a shank off my partner’s paddle straight into the eye. Went to urgent care and have a scratched cornea.

“The things we do for this sport! Will be healed in a matter of days.”

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