Where no Canadian has ventured before
Eugenie Bouchard makes it to Wimbledon quarter-finals, a first for her country, while Wozniacki becomes Zahlavova Strycova's latest scalp
Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon with a 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 win over Serena Williams' conqueror Alize Cornet yesterday.
Over the years, Canadians Carling Bassett-Seguso, Patricia Hy-Boulais and Daniel Nestor all made the second week of the grass court major, but none of them ever managed to go this far.
The 13th seed looked like she would be stretched into a third set when she trailed 4-2 in the second, but the woman tipped as a future grand slam champion displayed her battling instincts as she fought back to level at 5-5.
I didn't want to play again because I felt like it's a little bit unfair. Everything was kind of against me
A backhand long on match point sealed the 20-year-old a quarter-final date with either French Open winner Maria Sharapova or German ninth seed Angelique Kerber.
Earlier, Wimbledon giantkiller Barbora Zahlavova Strycova admitted she wanted to quit the sport during a six-month drugs ban, which she blasted as "unfair" following her victory over Caroline Wozniacki.
The 28-year-old Czech reached her first grand slam quarter-final with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over former world No 1 Wozniacki, which followed her third round defeat of second seed and Australian Open champion Li Na.
Her career went into freefall when she tested positive for banned stimulant sibutramine at the 2012 Luxembourg Open and was banned for six months from October 2012 until April last year.
"I didn't want to play again because I felt like it's a little bit unfair. Everything was kind of against me," said the Czech, who made the quarter-finals at a grand slam for the first time at the 32nd time of asking.