Genie Bouchard didn’t look like a player limping into retirement. You’d be forgiven for thinking she was still in her prime. On center court in her hometown, Bouchard delivered a thrilling performance — and a heartfelt goodbye to tennis — with a hard-fought loss in her final match Wednesday night.

Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard fell in three sets in the second round of the National Bank Open to Belinda Bencic in what marked the last match of her remarkable tennis career.