Canada’s Bouchard through to Wimbledon quarter-finals with win over Cornet
Posted Jun 30, 2014 10:56:29 AM.
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LONDON – Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard is through to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after defeating France’s Alize Cornet 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Bouchard trailed Cornet 4-2 and 5-3 in the second set, but battled and won four straight games back to keep her string of Grand Slam quarter-final appearances intact.
Bouchard, the 13th seed from Westmount, Que., advanced to the semifinals at the Australian Open and French Open earlier this year.
Cornet advanced to the fourth-round match after upsetting top seed Serena Williams on the weekend.
Bouchard is the first Canadian in the Open era to advance to the quarter-finals. She will next face the winner of a match between Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber.
Sharapova defeated Bouchard in the French Open semis.
The 20-year-old Bouchard, a former junior champion at Wimbledon, is making her second appearance at the All England Club after reaching the third round in 2013.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version had Bouchard trailing 5-2 in the second set.
