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Canada's Bouchard wins Wimbledon girls' title
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Canada's Bouchard wins Wimbledon girls' title

Published Jul. 7, 2012 8:12 p.m. ET

Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian to win a junior Wimbledon title in singles by beating Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-2, 6-2 Saturday in the girls' final.

The 18-year-old Bouchard broke the third-seeded Svitolina's serve five times to wrap up the win in exactly 1 hour on Court 1.

The fifth-seeded Bouchard says ''I'm really happy to have pulled through and I guess make Canada proud, and hopefully (I can) continue with more success like this.''

Bouchard dropped only one set throughout the tournament, and has a chance to win the girls' doubles title with American teammate Taylor Townsend on Sunday.

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Filip Peliwo can give Canada another title in the boys' singles final on Sunday, when he faces top-seeded Luke Saville of Australia.

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