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Eugenie Bouchard rolls into the WImbledon semi-finals, will face Halep
WIMBLEDON – There were moments Wednesday on Wimbledon's No. 1 Court when the outcome of Canadian Genie Bouchard's quarter-final match against Angelique Kerber of Germany was ever so slightly in doubt.
But not many. And they passed so quickly you wondered if they even happened.
It wasn't as much of a rout as their round-of-16 encounter at the French Open a few weeks ago, but Bouchard eased through a 6-3, 6-4 victory that put her into her third Grand Slam semi-final of the season.
That's three – in three tries.
This time, she will face No. 3 seed Simona Halep of Romania.
"I’m excited. She’ s a very good player, I think she’s No. 3 in the world," Bouchard told the BBC after the match. "I'm just excited to be in the semis again, and I want to go one step further, for sure."
One of those in-doubt moments came in the seventh game of the first set, when Bouchard had to save four break points. But she did. She then broke Kerber in the next game and served out the set.
There was one little hiccup at 4-1 in the second set when, after having secured an insurance break of serve, she gave it back. And there were a few nervous moments at 5-4, when she was trying to serve out the match.
There was a meek little 74-mph second serve that wobbled into the net at 30-15. There were a couple of groundstrokes she snatched at rather than hit through. But then she started "forward-thinking" again, not looking ahead, but moving ahead, moving forward into the court.
Bouchard saved a break point with a forehand swing volley, another with a cross-court backhand after finding a first serve. And after an hour and 12 minutes, it was over.
The 20-year-old has been in the right place, at the right time, at times in this consistent Grand Slam run.
In Australia, she faced Ana Ivanovic right after Ivanovic had posted a big-time, exhausting win over Serena Williams. She faced Alizé Cornet of France in the fourth round here the
day after Cornet ... posted a big-time win over Serena Williams.
Wednesday, she faced a player in Kerber who, just 24 hours before had posted a big-time upset win over former champion Maria Sharapova.
It's far from being her fault. You can only beat the player in front of you. And let's not forget that the women's singles final a year ago was Marion Bartoli vs. Sabine Lisicki.
Put yourself in position, and anything can happen.
The rain delays have meant matches on back-to-back days instead of the traditional day off in between. And while Kerber couldn't offer any reasons for her poor performance against Bouchard in Paris, she did have some ideas here.
"I didn't have really time to recover after the match yesterday. I tried my best. I did everything yesterday that I could," Kerber said. "But yeah, she played a great match today. She hit balls on the line, on the line.
"I was fighting till the last point. I was trying. I was still believing that I can maybe change the match. But it was tough. She was playing good in all the important moments. Yeah, all credit to her."
Bouchard and Halep (who defeated 2013 finalist Lisiski 6-4, 6-0 on Centre Court while Bouchard was winning on No. 1 Court), will play again Thursday, when the women's semi-finals are played on their regularly-scheduled day.
