Bouchard hopes to topple Sharapova from pedestal in Paris


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 04 Jun 2014

PARIS (Reuters) - Just like her one-time idol Maria Sharapova, Eugenie Bouchard likes a scrap, as she proved again by twice overturning daunting deficits to clinch a French Open semi-final spot on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Canadian trailed 5-2 in the first set and 4-1 in the third before fighting back to send Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro packing 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5.

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