Bouchard faces Kvitova for Wimbledon title

Eugenie Bouchard will become an overnight phenomenon and multi-million dollar superstar if she defeats Petra Kvitova in Saturday’s Wimbledon final. Exactly 10 years to the day when 17-year-old Maria Sharapova blitzed Serena Williams on Centre Court, the same fate awaits the 20-year-old, the first Canadian in history to reach a Grand Slam singles final. The comparisons between Bouchard and Sharapova are impossible to avoid. Both are tall, blonde and photogenic with the composed and self-confident high-profiles slavishly courted by blue-chip suitors desperate for endorsement. But Bouchard refuses to get ahead of herself. ‘First and foremost I focus on the tennis. Whatever comes with it, I take in my stride. I know it’s part of the job and I appreciate everything that comes with it,’ said the Montreal native who will pocket more than $3 million if she triumphs on Sunday. ‘But I know if I don't perform on the court then there's not much off court. So I really try to focus on my job, because at the end of the day I'm a tennis player. I go to work every day and I work on my tennis. As long as I do that, you know, I'll take anything that comes with it.’ Bouchard's royalty-obsessed mother named her after the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth II's second son, while her twin sister is named after Beatrice, Andrew's elder daughter. Those regal connections have earned Bouchard plenty of attention throughout her march to a first Grand Slam final and the 13th seed would dearly love a royal audience with the Duchess of Kent, who presents the Venus Rosewater dish awarded to the women's singles champion at the All England Club, according to AFP.