Sports / Victoria Azarenka

Azarenka retains Australian Open title

2013-01-26 21:15

Victoria Azarenka retained her Australian Open title after beating China's Li Na, who twisted her ankle twice and hit her head during a fall.
Li Na jokes about falls, facing defeat light-heartedly

Li Na takes 1st set in Australian Open final

2013-01-26 18:12

China's Li Na used her powerful groundstrokes and a strong return of serve against Victoria Azarenka to take the first set of their Australian Open final 6-4 on Saturday.

Crowd will be on Li Na's side

2013-01-26 10:42

Li Na is expected to receive the lion's share of crowd support in the Australian Open final on Saturday after Victoria Azarenka was accused of stooping to gamesmanship to reach the title match.

Azarenka ends Stephens run to make Australian Open final

2013-01-24 16:18

Victoria Azarenka brought Sloane Stephens's Melbourne Park fairytale to an end on Thursday, overcoming injury niggles and an attack of nerves to advance to the Australian Open final against China's Li Na.

Li Na beats Sharapova to reach Australian Open final

2013-01-24 11:57

Li Na overcame test by hard-hitting Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 to reach her third Grand Slam final in the Melbourne Park on Thursday after finishing as runner-up here two years ago.

Azarenka back to best, Chardy wins for France

2013-01-21 17:31

Victoria Azarenka returned to her merciless best with a crushing win over Russian Elena Vesnina to make the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday.

Azarenka wins, but doesn't look good doing it

2013-01-20 07:51

Victoria Azarenka admitted Saturday she needs to improve "everything" to successfully defend her Australian Open title after surviving a scare against injured American Jamie Hampton.

Azarenka seals year-end No 1 with win over Li

2012-10-27 15:21

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will finish the year as world number one after a 7-6 6-3 win over China's Li Na in her final round robin match at the WTA Championships on Friday.

Serena downs number one Azarenka again

2012-10-26 11:07

American Serena Williams reached the semi-finals at the WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul on Thursday with what is fast becoming a routine defeat of world number one Victoria Azarenka.

Azarenka, Sharapova survive marathons

2012-10-25 10:09

Victoria Azarenka moved a step closer to securing the year-end number one ranking with a 6-7 7-6 6-4 win over Germany's Angelique Kerber at the WTA Championships on Wednesday.

Azarenka wins sixth title of season

2012-10-16 08:02

World No 1 Victoria Azarenka on Sunday claimed her sixth title this season when she beat German Julia Goerges in straight sets at the Linz WTA tournament.

It's Azarenka, easily

2012-10-08 01:06

Azarenka converted five of 12 break points while conceding five fewer unforced errors than Sharapova in a 6-3, 6-1, 86-minute victory to claim her first title in Beijing.

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