Tennis Association gets most of the blame for player's injury

Game, set and match for Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard.

It took jurors less than an hour Thursday to conclude the United States Tennis Association was mostly to blame for Bouchard’s 2015 slip inside a U.S. Open training room.

A Brooklyn federal jury said the organization was 75% liable for what happened — but Bouchard also shared 25% of the blame for venturing into the darkened training room around 11 p.m. after a late-night doubles match.

Bouchard had sued the USTA for unspecified damages after suffering a concussion that took her out of contention for the U.S. Open.

She slipped on a wet locker room floor that was covered in a cleaning solution.

The 23-year-old pro has plummeted in rank since her fall — and its impact on her career will likely become an issue in the next round of court hearings, when damages are hashed out.

Bouchard declined to comment outside court, but her lawyer, Benedict Morelli, said he’d be “very disappointed if we don’t get multi-millions.”

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