Eugenie Bouchard played what is almost certainly her best tennis match in years on Wednesday, defeating No. 3 seed Carla Suárez Navarro of Spain 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Luxembourg Open.
The Canadian star showed flashes of the form that brought her to No. 5 in the world several years ago before a precipitous decline set in.
She won the first set in just 27 minutes, striking 11 winners in comparison to just four unforced errors.
The Spaniard had a discussion with her coach between sets, but nothing worked for her as Bouchard kept painting the lines with her powerful ground strokes.
Bouchard was even better in the second set, during which she hit 15 winners and made just two unforced errors. wrapping up the match in just 53 minutes.
Andrea Petkovic of Germany will be Bouchard’s opponent in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
It’s been a rare winning streak for the 24-year-old Canadian who advanced on Tuesday to the Round of 16 after defeating Timea Babos of Hungary 6-4, 6-2.
Babos had defeated Bouchard both times they played previously but the Canadian star had the advantage of lots of practice by having played through qualifying to reach the main draw.
On Monday, Bouchard completed her sweep through the qualifying round by defeating Jessika Ponchet of France, 6-2, 7-5.
On Sunday, Bouchard defeated Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-1 in an earlier qualifying round.