WATCH ABOVE: Eugenie Bouchard is the first Canadian singles player to make it to a Grand Slam semi-final in more than 30 years. Mike Armstrong reports.
TORONTO – Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard is quickly becoming a household name.
She surprised the tennis world Monday when she defeated 14th seed Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
After rising rapidly through the Women’s Tennis Association rankings in 2013, going from 147th to 31st, the victory over Ivanovic solidified Bouchard’s status as a legitimate contender on the world tour.
She is already the first Canadian woman to make a Grand Slam semi-final match and only the second Canadian overall (in singles). Toronto’s Carling Bassett made the semis at the 1984 U.S. Open.
Now she looks to make even more history by being the first Canadian to reach the final of a Grand Slam singles event.
Standing in her way is 4th ranked Li Na of China who has made the Australian Open final twice in the past.
Bouchard and Na face off in the semi-final on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET.
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