After Victoria Azarenka's early exit, the Foro Italico provided a dramatic follow-up on Wednesday afternoon with Eugenie Bouchard and Angelique Kerber battling hard in a three-set contest — in the end it was the Canadian who managed to fight her way past the second seed 6-1 5-7 7-5, continuing a day of upsets in Rome. René Denfeld brings us the recap and quotes from both players.
Spectators were settling in on the famous Pietrangeli court in Rome, awaiting the most interesting contest of the day between Canada's Eugenie Bouchard and Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber — but during the first one and a half sets, the players were striking the ball as though their rankings had been reversed.