Eugenie Bouchard, the 19 year old Canadian and 2012 Junior Wimbledon Girl’s champion, beat twelfth seeded Ana Ivanovic 6-3 6-3 in 63 minutes in the second round of Wimbledon.
Called to Center Court 15 minutes after the withdrawal of number two seed Vika Azarenka, the 19 year old, a month younger than Laura Robson and ranked 66, played her Center court Ladies’ debut like it was her backyard and not the Grand ballroom of tennis, racing into a 3-0 lead, the Canadian’s patience and shot selection bettering the inconsistent Ivanovic.
Bouchard served out for the set and broke Ivanovic again at the start of the second. While Ana broke back for 2-2, the Serbian was broken again and could not take her own break point opportunities at 2-3, hitting a return into the net, once again going for the first strike when her timing was off. Bouchard on the other hand was the model of smarts, winning the game by setting up the winner with a deep ball before moving forward to strike a forehand winner of the short return to move ahead 4-2.
Serving for the set at 5-3, Bouchard faltered, double-faulting to hand Ivanovic the break point. The 2007 semi-finalist took the opportunity with a backhand down the line winner.
But serving to stay in the match, it was Ivanovic who double-faulted to hand her opponent match point. Bouchard overhit the return on the first one but on the second she hit the return deep to Ana’s body forcing Ivanovic into error and sending herself into the Wimbledon third round in only her first Main draw appearance.
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