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Canada’s Bouchard routs Kerber at French Open to advance to quarters
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Original Publication Date: June 1, 2014 12:44AM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 11:03PM
PARIS – Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard crushed Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-2 in well under an hour on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open.
Bouchard spent just 52 minutes in administering her thrashing and next faces the winner from Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro and Croatia’s Ajla Tomljanovic.
Bouchard stormed to her victory with 30 winners and 11 unforced errors. She broke Kerber on four of seven occasions as she took revenge for a US Open second-round loss to the German last year.
Bouchard never wavered as she dominated Kerber to win her ninth straight match, the longest win streak of her career. She snapped up the opening set in 22 minutes and was equally lethal in the second as Kerber failed on the only break point she had during the match.
Victory lifted her career record against top 10 opponents to 5-10. Her victims this season included No. 10 Sara Errani at Indian Wells in March and No. 8 Jelena Jankovic last April in Charleston.
Bouchard has a 13-4 record at Grand Slams and is 29-11 on the season.
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