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Canadians Are Kind Of Taking Over Tennis Right Now

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Eugenie Bouchard and Milos Raonic are making history at Wimbledon.

If you haven't heard, on Wednesday, Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian ever to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in singles since the Open Era began in 1968.

If you haven't heard, on Wednesday, Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian ever to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in singles since the Open Era began in 1968.

Bouchard defeated No. 9 seed Angelique Kerber of Germany (who had beaten French Open champion Maria Sharapova in the previous round) to move on to the semis. She is officially the first Canadian woman to reach this point in singles at Wimbledon in the Open Era.

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The Montreal native is also the only woman to reach the final four of each of the three Grand Slams so far this season.

The Montreal native is also the only woman to reach the final four of each of the three Grand Slams so far this season.

When she reached the Aussie Open semis in January, she was the first Canadian woman to reach a slam semi in three decades.

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WELL, if this wasn't news enough, fellow Canadian Milos Raonic has also just reached the final four on the men's side.

WELL, if this wasn't news enough, fellow Canadian Milos Raonic has also just reached the final four on the men's side.

Raonic defeated Nick Kyrgios, an Australian teenager ranked No. 144 who himself had defeated world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the prior round.

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Raonic is also the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in the Open Era.

Raonic is also the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in the Open Era.

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