Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard will take on No. 7 Simona Halep of Romania in the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday. You can catch the match live on Sportsnet ONE at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT.
It will be the first meeting between the two players, with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line.
On Sunday, Bouchard defeated Italy’s Sara Errani in straight sets, hitting 36 winners and needing just 75 minutes to dispose of 10th-ranked Errani 6-3, 6-3.
Bouchard, currently ranked 18th in the world, won 76 percent of her first serve points in the match.
On Monday, Canadians Milos Raonic and Aleksandra Wozniak also advanced, each moving into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open to next face reigning Grand Slam champions.
Tenth-seeded Raonic, playing for the first time in more than a month after suffering ankle ligament damage, fired a modest 10 aces in a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Colombian Alejandro Falla with a break per set providing the winning margin.
Raonic lined up a match against Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, who struggled to beat Czech Jiri Vesely 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4. Raonic owns a 2-1 lead in that series, winning their last in a 2012 Tokyo semifinal.
Wozniak is making quick progress after a shoulder injury with a 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-0 defeat of Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
The Blainville, Que., native set herself up for a huge test in the next round. She will face world No. 2, top seed and Australian Open champion Li Na after the two-time Grand Slam winner beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-4.
(With files from Canadian Press)
