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Eugenie Bouchard Heads To Semifinals In French Open

Eugenie Bouchard Heads To Semifinals In French Open
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Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard has defeated Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro to go on to the semifinals of the French Open. The match scores were 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-5.

Bouchard will face Maria Sharapova, who is ranked eighth in women's singles. Bouchard is ranked 16th, but has proved a surprising competitor on the courts in Paris.

Sharapova was the reason the Canadian got into tennis, Bouchard revealed on Twitter last year.

This is the first time in history a Canadian woman has reached the semifinals of the French Open. Bouchard previously made the semifinals of the Australian Open in January, but lost to China's Li Na.

Canadian men's singles player Milos Raonic is currently playing his quarter-final match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: Eugenie Bouchard of Canada looks on during her Ladies' Singles third round match against Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain on day five of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 28, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) (credit:Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: Eugenie Bouchard of Canada hits a forehand during her Ladies' Singles third round match against Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain on day five of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 28, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) (credit:Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 20: Eugenie Bouchard attends the annual WTA pre-Wimbledon party at Kensington Roof Gardens on June 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for WTA) (credit:John Phillips/Getty Images for WTA)
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