{"id":17497,"date":"2014-06-29T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=17497"},"modified":"2014-06-29T12:42:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T04:42:37","slug":"eugenie-bouchard-milos-raonic-advance-at-wimbledon-set-canadian-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/29\/eugenie-bouchard-milos-raonic-advance-at-wimbledon-set-canadian-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugenie Bouchard, Milos Raonic advance at Wimbledon, set Canadian records"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eugenie Bouchard. Photo by Edwin Martinez \/ Flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LONDON\u2014Eugenie Bouchard and Milos Raonic set records as they became the fourth and fifth Canadians respectively to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon after straight-set wins on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Both had to wait out a rain interruption lasting nearly five hours before taking comprehensive third-round victories to join Carling Bassett-Seguso (1983, 1986), Patricia Hy-Boulais (1996-97) and Daniel Nestor (1999) as Canadians who made it into the second week of a major.<\/p>\n

Bouchard, semifinalist in Melbourne and Paris already this season, posted a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of German Andrea Petkovic.<\/p>\n

Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., joined Bouchard in Wimbledon\u2019s second week by beating Poland\u2019s Lukasz Kubot in the third round 7-6 (2), 7-6(4), 6-2. He fired over 30 aces and 50 winners, breaking twice with just six unforced errors on the way to victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was able to be dominant on my serve, I only lost nine points on it,\u201d said Raonic. \u201cThis definitely makes my life a lot easier and puts pressure on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the same time, I didn\u2019t really have my opportunities. I played a few good points in tiebreaks and he was able to of hold on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raonic has won three straight Wimbledon grass matches for the first time, after doing the same at Halle, Germany in 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m starting from very low comfort level on grass but now I\u2019m feeling pretty comfortable,\u201d said Raonic. \u201cI\u2019ve made pretty significant progress on this surface this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 13th-seeded Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., started her match in the early afternoon but found herself in the locker-room for nearly five hours after 15 minutes of play as rain wrecked the schedule.<\/p>\n

But the weather cleared up in the early evening with Bouchard and Petkovic returning to the court with the Canadian leading 2-1.<\/p>\n

Bouchard picked up where she left off, putting the pressure on a player who had defeated her in three previous meetings including the Rogers Cup in Toronto three years ago.<\/p>\n

She took victory on her third match point when Petkovic hit the net with a return.<\/p>\n

Bouchard produced 30 winners and 14 unforced errors, breaking five time in the match lasting less than 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

She next plays France\u2019s Alzie Cornet, who beat top seed and five-time champion Serena Williams for the second time this season, winning 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a stunning upset. Cornet won their previous meeting on clay at Strasbourg last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played well, even though it was straight sets it was a battle,\u201d said Bouchard. \u201cIt was tough with the lone rain delay, but it was the same for both girls<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy I was able to close it out with any serve, being aggressive and taking the ball early. During the rain delay I tried to conserve energy\u2014I wanted to give it all on the court.<\/p>\n

Bouchard said she didn\u2019t actually mind the wait.<\/p>\n

\u201cRain is part of the Wimbledon expedience,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201cWe\u2019ve been lucky so far, you have to have some rain at Wimbledon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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