Genie Bouchard and Maria Sharapova will face off in the Australian Open quarters
Bouchard
Genie managed to rebound for a below par season end (2014) to record a great run in Melbourne. Genie has dropped her first set in the 4th round against Irinia-Camelia Begu to finally win the match 6-1 5-7 6-2. Genie had a great run so far to concede only 14 games in the previous 3 matches
Sharapova
Maria is have an interesting run in Melbourne. The world no.2 has demolished everybody, but world no.150 Alexandra Panova in the 2nd round when Maria had to save 2 match points. Maria had a relatively easy encounter against US Open semi-finalist Shuai Peng in the 3rd round to win 6-3 6-0 (the first set was a bit of a battle).
Head to Head
Bouchard and Sharapova have already played 3 times. Head to Head is 3-0 for Maria. The Russian struggle a bit in the last encounter at the 2014 French Open to win 4-6 7-5 6-2.
Prediction: Bouchard in 3
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