LONDON: Marie Bouzkova reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon today when she breezed past Caroline Garcia of France in straight sets.
The 23-year-old Czech won 7-5, 6-2 against the big-serving Garcia whose challenge was undermined by her 25 unforced errors to her opponent’s four.
“I don’t know how I got here,” said the world No 66 Bouzkova who had never previously got past the second round of a Slam.
“Now we will celebrate with strawberries and cream. It’s one of our 100 routines at Wimbledon.”
Bouzkova will face either world No 2 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia or Elise Mertens of Belgium for a place in the semifinals.