Tennis

Eugenie Bouchard reaches undisclosed settlement with USTA

A settlement hšŸ’ƒas been reached in tennis starlet Eugenie Bouchardā€™s slip-anšŸŒ³d-fall lawsuit against the managers of the US Open.

The dollar figure to be paid to Bouchard by the UnišŸ’œtš“„§ed States Tennis Association was not disclosed.

But a day prior, Bouchard’s lawyer had predicted that a jury award would net his client millions of dollars.

The settlement was struck Friday afternoon at Brooklyn federal court just as jurors were about to hear testimony fromšŸ’ƒ Bouchard regarding the monetary damages she suffered after slipping backwards on a tile floor that was slick with cleaning chemicals at the 2015 tournament.

The resultinšŸ¬g concussion cą½§aused her to drop out of that yearā€™s tournament.

The settlement spares the one-time No. 5 player from the šŸ…potentially embarrassing testimony about how her tenniš“”s career has tanked post-concussion.

It comes after both sides made opening statementā™”s.

Bouchardā€™s lawyer, Benedict Morelli, told jurorsšŸ”“ that tennis players arenā€™t supposed to suffer concussions and traumatic brain injuries, and that the pro took a financial hit afterward.

ā€œShe gave up a lot of money at that point,ā€ Morelli said Friday of Bouchard, who cut short her performance at that yearā€™s tournament due toą¼ŗ her brain injury.

Bouchard has š“„§since then slid steadily in the standings; she šŸ’–is currently ranked 116th.

ā€œShe returned tā™o tennis, but tennis didnā€™t rź§’eturn to her,ā€ Morelli said.

But a lawyer for the USTA countered that Bouchardā€™s standings were already slippingšŸ‘, and that sheā€™s still swimming in endorsement money due to her new career as an inšŸƒternet darling.

Bouchardā€™s 1.6 million InšŸ½stagram followers are treated to and SI Swimsuit Edš•“ition snaps.

Her more recent notoriety as a fitness model — if not her tennis skills — has won her lucrative endorsement deals with Coke, Nike and Rolex.

Fridayā€™s settlement comes a day after the same jury found the USTA was 75 percent liable Bouchard slipping on the slippery tile floor.