Saturday 28 January 2012

Victoria Azarenka's Australian Open win 'great' for women's game

There was another upset in the tennis world. Victoria Azarenka beat three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0, winning 12 of the last 13 games.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria Azarenka started celebrating, then suddenly did a double-take to ask her coach, "What happened?" The answer: She had just produced one of the most lopsided Australian Open final

< Prev of 2 Next > VICTORIA Azarenka's Australian Open triumph means five different women have won the last five grand slams. And on top of that, six women had a chance of becoming the world No.1 when the Australian Open began two weeks ago.

By Steve Tignor, Tennis.comMELBOURNE -- "Just a few points here or there." We know the phrase well; that's all there is, sometimes, between winning and losing.

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus kisses the trophy during the awarding ceremony after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Jan.


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