Post Tagged with: "victoria azarenka"
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Azarenka beats Lisicki, Kerber also through to Brisbane QFs
World number one and top seed at the Brisbane International 2013 tournament being played in this eastern Australian city this week, Victoria Azarenka faced up against the 37th ranked German Sabine Lisicki, on Wednesday in her first match of the season, as she had a bye in the first round. [...] -
10 WTA Players to Watch in 2013
Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams are all expected to contend for No. 1 next year on the WTA tour. But it’s worth focusing on those currently ranked outside of the top ten who could steal some of the spotlight from the elite tier and perhaps even win a [...] -
Australian Open 2013 WTA Preview – Who Can Stop Serena?
Although the tennis off-season is notoriously short, die-hard fans are already turning their attention towards 2013 and, more specifically, the first Grand Slam of the year. 2012 was an excellent season on the WTA Tour. After many years of parity, several slam-less number one players and a paucity of high-quality [...] -
Who Is Really No.1 In The World Of WTA Tennis?
After Serena Williams outclassed the field at the TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul, Tennis Channel analyst Jimmy Arias rightly noted, “She’s not going to end the year ranked No. 1 in the world, but she’s No. 1 in the world.” But how can that happen? After all, superstar [...] -
Azarenka or Serena Williams? Who deserves to be world no.1?
Yet another season on the WTA has come to an end and once again many tennis fans and pundits have decided that rather then spend time looking back on the highlights of this year, instead they’d rather argue over the idea that the person awarded the honor of being only [...] -
Sharapova beats Azarenka to advance into WTA Championships final
For the full match report, click here: Sharapova vs Azarenka As It Happened Maria Sharapova set up a WTA Championships 2012 final against Serena Williams after she beat world no.1 Victoria Azarenka in straight sets 6-4 6-2 in today’s semifinal. The players traded one break of serve each to set [...] -
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Azarenka defeats Li Na at the WTA Championships in Istanbul
In the last match on Friday at the year end WTA championships in Istanbul, Victoria Azarenka and Na Li took to the court to battle for the last place in the quarter finals. This match of power tennis played mostly from the baseline was in complete contrast the previous match [...] -
Williams dispatches Azarenka to finish top of Red Group in Istanbul
The highly anticipated US Open final rematch between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka was the second match in the Sinan Erdem Arena on Thursday. Williams had already secured her place in the semi-finals of the WTA Championships thanks to victories over Angelique Kerber and Li Na, while Azarenka was looking [...] -
Azarenka overcomes Kerber at the WTA Championships 2012
There was high drama on Wednesday as Victoria Azarenka took on Angelique Kerber in the second match at the end of the year TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championship in Istanbul, in her first match in the Red Group which also includes Serena Williams and Na Li. This was an amazing [...] -
Azarenka beats Goerges and wins Generali Linz 2012 title
Victoria Azarenka became the queen of the Generali Ladies 2012 WTA tournament in Linz after an up and down match against Julia Goerges. World No.1 Azarenka, who had an easiest of semifinals against Begu yesterday, broke fifth seed Goerges in the opening game of their Linz final encounter, indicating what [...] -
Azarenka to play Goerges in Generali Ladies Linz final
Victoria Azarenka cruised into the Generali Ladies Linz final after beating Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in two easy sets 6-2 6-1. World no.1 Azarenka, who has already got 5 titles to her name this year, dropped her very first service game against Begu, but then went on to dominate in [...] -
Azarenka eliminates Martic, plays Begu in Linz semis
Victoria Azarenka took on the Croatian Petra Martic, ranked 64, in the second quarter final on Friday afternoon. Azarenka had strolled through her first two matches 6-0 6-2 and 6-1 6-1 while Martic had a straight sets win in the first round but battled to get the win in three [...]
