VICTORY IN THE HEAT
A recharged Bouchard sets up Sydney semi
Bouchard beat Konta in three sets in the second round at Wimbledon in 2016, but it was a battle
Eugenie Bouchard reached her first semifinal for 10 months as she battled intense heat to down Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Sydney International on Wednesday. The former Wimbledon finalist wore down the 27th-ranked Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-3 in 76 minutes to set up a semifinal with Britain’s world No10 Johanna Konta. It will be the 49th-ranked Canadian’s first WTA Tour semifinal since the Malaysian Open in March 2016. "It’s a good step in the right direction. I know there is a long way to go to achieve what I want," Bouchard said. "But to match up against solid players like I have this week, it’s a very tough tournament here. So I’m proud of that, for sure." Bouchard beat Konta in three sets in the second round at Wimbledon in 2016, but it was a battle. "I barely got through the last one. She’s a top-10 player and playing her best tennis right now," Bouchard said of Konta. "I know she will be pretty aggressive. She hits a big ball. I will be ready for that and try and play so...
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