Regal Bouchard's quest to be queen of Wimbledon
Canadian's mum is royalty obsessed and the new glamour girl is on track to be crowned
Eugenie Bouchard - the new glamour girl of tennis - moved a step closer to being crowned the queen of Wimbledon as the Canadian on Wednesday booked a semi-final showdown with Simona Halep.
Bouchard's royalty obsessed mother named the 20-year-old after the younger daughter of Britain's Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth's second son, while her sister is named after Beatrice, Andrew's elder daughter.
Those regal connections have earned Bouchard plenty of intrigued inquires from the British media over the last fortnight and the 13th seed looks in the mood for a royal audience with the Duchess of Kent, who traditionally presents the Venus Rosewater dish awarded to the women's singles champion at the All England Club.
I made a few bad errors but I came up with enough winners at the right time
Bouchard ensured a move into the world top 10 by beating Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.
Romanian Halep continued her impressive season by marching into the semi-finals with a businesslike 6-4, 6-0 victory over last year's runner-up Sabine Lisicki of Germany.
For Bouchard, victory also meant that the 20-year-old has reached the last-four of all three grand slams held so far this year.
The blonde Canadian 13th seed had already defeated the ninth-seeded Kerber at the French Open last month.
And she was rarely threatened on Wednesday on Court One where Kerber, a semi-finalist in 2012, was still feeling the effects of her marathon fourth-round win over Maria Sharapova 24 hours earlier.
