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Bouchard shows off handshake with Dulgheru

Last year, the Canadian refused to shake hands with the Romanian.

ByNina Pantic

Published Apr 07, 2016

Around this time last year, Eugenie Bouchard outraged the tennis world for refusing to shake hands with Alexandra Dulgheru before their Fed Cup World Group play-off tie.

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It wasn’t the first time Canadian had passed on the traditional post-match gesture, but her newfound fame was peaking early in 2015 and so was the hoopla surrounding her decision. Bouchard called it “lame.” Dulgheru won their match, and celebrated with a less-than-subtle response to Bouchard’s dismissive move. (Romania won the rubber 3-2.) Bouchard’s game wasn’t quite the same after that.

This week in Charleston, the 22-year-old faced Dulgheru for the first time since HandshakeGate. After winning 6-3, 6-4, Bouchard posted this:

In Bouchard’s defense, despite dismissing a tradition that’s been around since the onset of the team competition, she did clearly explain she doesn’t believe in shaking hands before a match, but would gladly do it after.

Bouchard would end up retiring from her next mach in Charleston with an abdominal injury. She’s still scheduled to return to Fed Cup action next weekend against Slovakia. Rest assured, all eyes will be on her hands.