Know Eugenie Bouchard, a new sensation on tennis court

New Delhi: Eugenie Bouchard has sort of created a history by defeating Ana Ivanovic in the quarter final of Australian Open. She is the second Canadain in the history to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.Now Bouchard will face fourth seed Li Na in semis who grounded Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2 earlier on Wednesday.Ranked 145 in world, the Canadian teen won the junior Wimbledon title in 2012, but did not make her senior grand slam debut until last year's French Open. Bouchard will do well to be aware of the challenges the enterprising Chinese could offer, for despite her lone Grand Slam success coming at Roland Garros in 2012, it is at Melbourne Park where she has performed most consistently at major level. She lost the 2011 and 2013 finals to Kim Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka respectively and also reached the Australian Open semis in 2010. After the match, Bouchard went out of her way to thank her most passionate band of supporters, who have named themselves The Genie Army.Lets know more about herEugenie "Genie" Bouchard is a Canadian professional tennis player. On January 6, 2014, she reached the WTA singles ranking of no. 31. It is projected she will rise to possibly as high as no. 18 based on her win over Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals at the 2014 Australian Open, the second Canadian in history to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.In 2012, Bouchard became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam in singles after her win at Wimbledon as a junior. She achieved a career-high junior rank of no. 2 following her title. At the end of the 2013 season, she was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year, the second Canadian to receive that honor. Bouchard is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's singles player.Eugenie started playing tennis at the age of five, and she is a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal. She attended The Study school in Westmount, as well as Westmount High School.At the start of the season, Bouchard attempted to qualify for the main draw at the Apia International Sydney but lost to Storm Sanders in the first round of the qualifiers 6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8). She played the qualifiers for the Australian Open but lost 6–7(7–9), 6–7(6–8) to Daria Gavrilova in the second round.Bouchard started the new season at the Hopman Cup where she represented Canada with Milos Raonic. They finished second in Group A behind Poland, the best result ever for the country at that competition. At her first official tournament, the Apia International Sydney, she lost 4–6, 3–6 to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round. The next week, Bouchard won her opening match at the Australian Open 7–5, 6–1 over wildcard Tang Haochen and has now reached at the least the second round in all 4 Grand Slams. In the next round, she defeated Virginie Razzano by the score of 6–2, 7–6(12–10) In the third round, Bouchard defeated Lauren Davis 6–2, 6–2. In the fourth round, she defeated Casey Dellacqua 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Bouchard is the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Patricia Hy-Boulais at the 1992 US Open. In the quarterfinals, Bouchard defeated Ana Ivanovic 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 and advanced to the semifinals, her best result at any Grand Slam to date. This is the first time a Canadian has reached this level at the Australian Open and only the second time in history after Carling Bassett-Seguso at the 1984 US Open