Genie Bouchard seems to have found her way back in Madrid after she reached the quarters following his defeat of Angelique Kerber.

Genie was in complete control of the match soon after she recovered from a 1-2 deficit in the opener to win 10 of the following 11 games. Eventually, Kerber had to retire with a hamstring injury when she was 6-3 5-0 down. The German barely managed to hold her tears when leaving the court.

Beating Sharapova gave me the confidence

In the post-match interview, Genie confessed

“For sure that one [beating Sharapova] gave me confidence. My first-round win gave me confidence. Feeling a bit better in practice coming into this week gave me confidence coming in.”

Next vs. Kuznetsova

Genie will face Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarters. The head to head is 2-0 for the Russian that is the hot favorite to reach the final 4. Genie will try to produce another upset.