Playing marvelous tennis, Eugenie Bouchard brought historical glory to her nation by becoming the first ever Canadian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam singles final. In the second semifinal on Thursday, Bouchard ended the dreams of Romanian third seed Simona Halep to set up a championship encounter with Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova, who had overpowered her fellow Czech Lucie Safarova earlier in the day. Bouchard and 2011 winner Kvitova have previously faced one another just once in August 2013 during the Rogers Cup