Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, the No. 13 seed at Wimbledon, beat No. 3 Simona Halep in straight sets Thursday at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, to become the first Canadian ever to reach a Grand Slam singles final. She’ll face No. 6 Petra Kvitova, the 2011 champion at age 21.

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Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, the No. 13 seed at Wimbledon, beat No. 3 Simona Halep in straight sets Thursday at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, to become the first Canadian ever to reach a Grand Slam singles final. She’ll face No. 6 Petra Kvitova, the 2011 champion at age 21.

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LONDON – A look at Wimbledon on Thursday.

Weather: Sunny. High of 77 degrees (25 Celsius).

Women’s Semifinals: No. 6 Petra Kvitova beat No. 23 Lucie Safarova 7-6 (6), 6-1; No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard beat No. 3 Simona Halep 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Stat of the Day: 0 – number of Canadian men and women to reach a Grand Slam singles finals before Saturday, when Bouchard became the first.

Quote of the Day: “I won it quite young. ... It was difficult for me to handle it, definitely,” said Kvitova, who was 21 when she won Wimbledon in 2011.

Friday’s Men’s Semifinals: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 4 Roger Federer vs. No. 8 Milos Raonic.

Friday’s Forecast: Sunny. High of 81 degrees (27 Celsius).

Saturday’s Women’s Final: Kvitova vs. Bouchard.

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