Grigor and Eugenie crank up the heat

Tennis players Grigor Dimitrov and Eugenie Bouchard took a break from training for the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament to play an exhibition game on a floating court. The highly rated young duo took a helicopter ride over Acapulco, where the event is based, before battling it out in the heat off the Mexican coast. Once the game was over, Dimitrov jumped into the sea with 20-year-old Canadian Bouchard. “This is definitely the best experience I’ve ever had on tour,” Dimitrov said. “I was happy to be able to do something like this.

“It’s definitely nice to take off the morning this way. Reality will kick in a couple of hours when we have to hit those practice courts.” Bouchard agreed, adding: “I’ve never played tennis on water before, so now I can say I did that! Grigor and I played a few points and it was really hot out there, so we were just like, ‘Let’s jump in.’ We really had so much fun, it’s probably my best tournament activity ever!”