Kvitova vs. Bouchard: Recap and Results from Wimbledon 2014 Women’s Final

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Published: July 5, 2014

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For the second time in four years, Petra Kvitova is Wimbledon champion as she decimated 13th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in Saturday's ladies' final at the All England Club.

The sixth-seeded Czech played nearly flawless tennis and never really gave her Canadian opponent an opportunity to get comfortable in her first career Grand Slam final.

According to SI Tennis, Kvitova simply turned in a virtuoso performance on the biggest stage possible:



Douglas Robson of USA Today also lauded Kvitova for what may have been the most impressive match of her career:



BBC Tennis noted the incredibly quick time in which the Czech star finished:



Wimbledon's official Twitter feed noted how Kvitova felt about the dominant win:



While Bouchard was ultimately blown out of the water by Kvitova, the fact of the matter is that she is ahead of schedule in terms of contending for major titles.

Despite Bouchard's success at Grand Slams throughout the 2014 season, her meteoric rise to the Wimbledon final came as a surprise to many. One person who wasn't shocked, though, was Bouchard herself, per WTATennis.com.

I'm not surprised to be in the final, because I've put in a lot of hard work and it's been years in the making. I believe in myself and I expect good results and I always want more. I've had a good start to the season, but I expect myself to do even better than that and that's what I'm going to try and do.

Bouchard talked about the loss after the match, according to Ben Rothenberg of The New York Times:



Bouchard has been viewed as a future star by many over the past couple years, but she has started to prove that the future is now. Although Kvitova is four years older than Bouchard, she is young in her own right at 24. In fact, the two young guns made history in Saturday's final, accordi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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