Newsday (N.Y.): Eugenie Bouchard, 2011 champ Petra Kvitova reach Wimbledon final

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

WIMBLEDON, England — The cliché about Canada is that it is a great place for beer and hockey players. The line needs updating. Add tennis players. The nation has its first Wimbledon finalist.

In what could be called an upset, Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal defeated Simona Halep of Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-2, Friday in the second semifinal. Bouchard will meet a former Wimbledon winner, Petra Kvitova, in Saturday's final. Kvitova beat fellow Czech and close friend Lucie Safarova, 7-6 (6), 6-1, in the first semifinal.

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