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The Canadian set the tournament alight with a scintillating,
three-set win over Maria Sharapova on Tuesday after her
outspoken comments about the Russian returning from her 15-month
doping ban, including calling her a cheater.
She then saw off world number two Angelique Kerber to reach the
last eight but was slapped down by Russian Kuznetsova, who only
ceded one break point in the entire match, which she saved.
The eighth seed then took Bouchard apart in the second set,
breaking her four times before serving out the match.
Kuznetsova will face Kristina Mladenovic of France in the last
four on Friday, with Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia meeting
Romanian third seed Simona Halep in the other semi-final.
(Reporting by Richard Martin; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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