Canadian tennis star and former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard has reflected on her decision to hang up her racket, which left her emotional on court.

On centre 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.

Eugenie Bouchard’s tennis career ended with a hard-fought loss to Belinda Bencic in the National Bank Open’s second round in her hometown of Montreal. The 31-year-old Bouchard was the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon in 2014.