'I had some good preparation matches here in Perth last year,' Bouchard said on Friday.
'It's a fun and still intense kind of competitive way to get into things. And with the court surface being the same; the balls the same; and even the arena is similar to Rod Laver in Melbourne - I think it prepares you well and that's what I felt last year.
“It's one of the reasons I came back”, she added.
Sharing her experience of the trip, she said, “For me to wake up and put on four layers of pants instead of a T-shirt and shorts to go play tennis, it's such a different life for me. I really enjoyed it”
