SYDNEY, January 27. /TASS/. Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova beat Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-2 in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Sharapova will face her compatriot Ekaterina Makarova in the semifinals of the first Grand Slam tournament of 2015.

Makarova earlier defeated Romania's Simona Halep 6-4, 6-0.