Montreal's Eugenie Bouchard was unable to continue her string of big wins at the Pan Pacific Open Thursday when she faced American star Venus Williams in the quarter-finals.
The 19-year-old Montrealer lost 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 to Williams in a three-hour match.
Williams, playing in the Tokyo tournament for the first time since 2009, broke Bouchard with a forehand down the line to go up 5-2 in the third set and held on to win the match at Ariake Colosseum.
"She played so well," Williams said. "She's going to be a great player -- she's already a great player -- and it was just a fight to the end."
Bouchard put Williams on notice when she built a 3-1 lead in the quarter-final, but Williams fought back to break her three times in their first meeting.
In the second set, Bouchard capitalized on her second set point, winning the tiebreak 7-4.
"I was just fighting until the end," Williams said. "It was disappointing to lose the second set, but to win the third set is the goal, so I'm happy."
Each player served a pair of aces and Willams recorded 35 unforced errors to 34 for Bouchard.
Bouchard had upset sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday, a day after ousting No. 8 Sloane Stephens of the U.S.
Bouchard, making her debut in the Tokyo tournament, is 46th in the world rankings.
She earlier said winning last year's junior Wimbledon title has given her confidence to compete at a higher level.
Williams will face Petra Kvitova in the semifinals. The seventh-seeded Czech beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-1.
The American had ousted top-seeded Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday.
Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeated Madison Keys of the United States, 6-2, 6-2 while Kuznetsova of Russia beat Sorana Cirstea Romania, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
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