Eugenie Bouchard has begun legal action against the United States Tennis Association after suffering concussion following a fall at the US Open.
The Canadian slipped in the locker room at the Grand Slam event in September.
She withdrew from the tournament prior to a fourth-round match and pulled out of her comeback event at the China Open on 5 October because of dizziness.
The lawsuit alleges the 21-year-old slipped on “a slippery, foreign and dangerous substance” in New York.
It also alleges negligence and includes a demand for a jury trial, with world number 39 Bouchard seeking damages from the USTA and USTA National Tennis Center.
Her lawyer, Benedict Morelli, told the New York Times that the substance was a cleaning agent intended to be left on the floor overnight when the room would no longer be used.
He claimed they could be seeking damages worth “millions and millions” of dollars.
