EVERYONE is excited about Eugenie Bouchard, the extraordinarily talented young Canadian who just sealed a place in her first Wimbledon final.
But when 20-year-old Genie walks onto Centre Court tomorrow night (AEST), nobody will be cheering louder than her older twin sister, Beatrice.
That’s right. She has a twin sister. Who knew?
Beatrice (left) and Eugenie (right).
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In one of her extremely rare interviews, before Genie’s loss in the semi-finals of the Australian Open earlier this year, Beatrice praised her sister.
“I’m so proud of her,” she told Canada’s CBC radio station. “Every day I’m just in awe, and so impressed and so proud of her. I mean, I’ve seen her from the very, very beginning ... She had to sacrifice a lot to get to where she is today.”
Beatrice (left) and Genie (right).
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“We started playing together when we were five, so I’m assuming we played against each other at that age, but I took an early retirement when I was seven,” Beatrice said.
“I think it was something that was easy to see. I was told that we would be playing, we’d have lessons together, and I would kind of get bored after a while or want to do something else or go play a game, and my sister just, Genie wanted to keep hitting tennis balls for hours on end.”
Bouchard stretches to reach the ball in her Wimbledon semi-final.
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“We actually joke all the time, we have this twin telepathy,” Beatrice said.
“I mean, she’s always on the other side of the world from me, but yeah, we think of things often at the same time, or we’ll text each other at the exact same second of the day, or I’ll be eating something and she’ll be like, ‘Oh I’m so in the mood for this,’ and I’m like, ‘I’m eating it right now!’”
Beatrice will undoubtedly be nervous as she watches her sister compete with former champion Petra Kvitova for the Wimbledon title tomorrow night, although a courtside view certainly beats seeing it on television.
“It’s one of the most exciting and fun, but also stressful, you know, just sitting at home watching. And you’re like, ‘Kid, come on you got this, do this next point’,” she told CBC. “You know, we’re like, sending her telepathic messages from the couch.”
This time, she’ll be able to use that twin telepathy from metres away.
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I enjoy giving people a peek inside my life in a controlled way, away from paps or tabloid rumours.
But doesn't that feed the machine?
For sure, but it's strategic. At least this way I can put up pictures that mean something to me instead of the dreadful ones you don't want out there.
Is Transformers a dirty word in your house?
No, not at all! I worked really hard on that film and it took a beating but it was also one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. I still get fan mail about it. And I knew what was going to come with me, a Victoria's Secret Angel, going into a film directed by Michael Bay.
There was no way I was going to win with critics, but I saw it as an opportunity.
But that's it for acting, right?
No, my next film is coming out next year. Mad Max: Fury Road. Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy are the leads, but I have a nice part. I loved the old Mad Max films.
Tell me about Cambodia.
At the beginning of every year, I make goals, and this year I felt strongly I wanted to get involved with a charity.
Unicef approached me that very day. My team got an email saying they'd like me to go to Phnom Penh to support Soccer Aid. It felt like fate.
Do you feel that you're under pressure to do charity work?
I don't know about pressure but I feel I've lived a blessed life and it makes you want to do something with meaning that can make a difference. I went with no expectation but the trip was so eye-opening and incredibly humbling.
What did you do?
I got to meet a lovely family and hang out with them for a couple of days in a slum, which was quite shocking. For once in my life I was speechless and didn't know how to digest what I was seeing.
I heard you like 'green juice'. What's that then?
I make one every morning and try to have them in hotels. I put in quite a few sprigs of kale and spinach, apples and celery – anything green. Cucumber...
Sounds horrible!
Trust me, you'd be surprised. You put in the right amount of everything and it's delicious.
- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-qa-actress-talks-mad-max-visiting-cambodia-and-why-breakfast-has-to-be-green-30404689.html#sthash.PEdhh1Be.dpuft's a branch of my work. For a long time I shied away from social media, but the last couple of years I've become more comfortable in my own skin.
I enjoy giving people a peek inside my life in a controlled way, away from paps or tabloid rumours.
But doesn't that feed the machine?
For sure, but it's strategic. At least this way I can put up pictures that mean something to me instead of the dreadful ones you don't want out there.
Is Transformers a dirty word in your house?
No, not at all! I worked really hard on that film and it took a beating but it was also one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. I still get fan mail about it. And I knew what was going to come with me, a Victoria's Secret Angel, going into a film directed by Michael Bay.
There was no way I was going to win with critics, but I saw it as an opportunity.
But that's it for acting, right?
No, my next film is coming out next year. Mad Max: Fury Road. Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy are the leads, but I have a nice part. I loved the old Mad Max films.
Tell me about Cambodia.
At the beginning of every year, I make goals, and this year I felt strongly I wanted to get involved with a charity.
Unicef approached me that very day. My team got an email saying they'd like me to go to Phnom Penh to support Soccer Aid. It felt like fate.
Do you feel that you're under pressure to do charity work?
I don't know about pressure but I feel I've lived a blessed life and it makes you want to do something with meaning that can make a difference. I went with no expectation but the trip was so eye-opening and incredibly humbling.
What did you do?
I got to meet a lovely family and hang out with them for a couple of days in a slum, which was quite shocking. For once in my life I was speechless and didn't know how to digest what I was seeing.
I heard you like 'green juice'. What's that then?
I make one every morning and try to have them in hotels. I put in quite a few sprigs of kale and spinach, apples and celery – anything green. Cucumber...
Sounds horrible!
Trust me, you'd be surprised. You put in the right amount of everything and it's delicious.
- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-qa-actress-talks-mad-max-visiting-cambodia-and-why-breakfast-has-to-be-green-30404689.html#sthash.PEdhh1Be.dpufRosie Huntington-Whiteley Q&A: Actress talks Mad Max, visiting Cambodia, and why breakfast has to be green - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-qa-actress-talks-mad-max-visiting-cambodia-and-why-breakfast-has-to-be-green-30404689.html#sthash.PEdhh1Be.dpuf
I enjoy giving people a peek inside my life in a controlled way, away from paps or tabloid rumours.
But doesn't that feed the machine?
For sure, but it's strategic. At least this way I can put up pictures that mean something to me instead of the dreadful ones you don't want out there.
Is Transformers a dirty word in your house?
No, not at all! I worked really hard on that film and it took a beating but it was also one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. I still get fan mail about it. And I knew what was going to come with me, a Victoria's Secret Angel, going into a film directed by Michael Bay.
There was no way I was going to win with critics, but I saw it as an opportunity.
But that's it for acting, right?
No, my next film is coming out next year. Mad Max: Fury Road. Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy are the leads, but I have a nice part. I loved the old Mad Max films.
Tell me about Cambodia.
At the beginning of every year, I make goals, and this year I felt strongly I wanted to get involved with a charity.
Unicef approached me that very day. My team got an email saying they'd like me to go to Phnom Penh to support Soccer Aid. It felt like fate.
Do you feel that you're under pressure to do charity work?
I don't know about pressure but I feel I've lived a blessed life and it makes you want to do something with meaning that can make a difference. I went with no expectation but the trip was so eye-opening and incredibly humbling.
What did you do?
I got to meet a lovely family and hang out with them for a couple of days in a slum, which was quite shocking. For once in my life I was speechless and didn't know how to digest what I was seeing.
I heard you like 'green juice'. What's that then?
I make one every morning and try to have them in hotels. I put in quite a few sprigs of kale and spinach, apples and celery – anything green. Cucumber...
Sounds horrible!
Trust me, you'd be surprised. You put in the right amount of everything and it's delicious.
- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-qa-actress-talks-mad-max-visiting-cambodia-and-why-breakfast-has-to-be-green-30404689.html#sthash.PEdhh1Be.dpuft's a branch of my work. For a long time I shied away from social media, but the last couple of years I've become more comfortable in my own skin.
I enjoy giving people a peek inside my life in a controlled way, away from paps or tabloid rumours.
But doesn't that feed the machine?
For sure, but it's strategic. At least this way I can put up pictures that mean something to me instead of the dreadful ones you don't want out there.
Is Transformers a dirty word in your house?
No, not at all! I worked really hard on that film and it took a beating but it was also one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. I still get fan mail about it. And I knew what was going to come with me, a Victoria's Secret Angel, going into a film directed by Michael Bay.
There was no way I was going to win with critics, but I saw it as an opportunity.
But that's it for acting, right?
No, my next film is coming out next year. Mad Max: Fury Road. Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy are the leads, but I have a nice part. I loved the old Mad Max films.
Tell me about Cambodia.
At the beginning of every year, I make goals, and this year I felt strongly I wanted to get involved with a charity.
Unicef approached me that very day. My team got an email saying they'd like me to go to Phnom Penh to support Soccer Aid. It felt like fate.
Do you feel that you're under pressure to do charity work?
I don't know about pressure but I feel I've lived a blessed life and it makes you want to do something with meaning that can make a difference. I went with no expectation but the trip was so eye-opening and incredibly humbling.
What did you do?
I got to meet a lovely family and hang out with them for a couple of days in a slum, which was quite shocking. For once in my life I was speechless and didn't know how to digest what I was seeing.
I heard you like 'green juice'. What's that then?
I make one every morning and try to have them in hotels. I put in quite a few sprigs of kale and spinach, apples and celery – anything green. Cucumber...
Sounds horrible!
Trust me, you'd be surprised. You put in the right amount of everything and it's delicious.
- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-qa-actress-talks-mad-max-visiting-cambodia-and-why-breakfast-has-to-be-green-30404689.html#sthash.PEdhh1Be.dpufRosie Huntington-Whiteley Q&A: Actress talks Mad Max, visiting Cambodia, and why breakfast has to be green - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/style-talk/rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-qa-actress-talks-mad-max-visiting-cambodia-and-why-breakfast-has-to-be-green-30404689.html#sthash.PEdhh1Be.dpuf
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