The no. 1 player in the world, Victoria Azarenka, has defeated Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in the first round of the Women’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics. It was a rain interrupted encounter. Azarenka was not able to win the match easily. The young Romanian gave her a good fight. The scorecard 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 itself says that the match was not one-sided.
Azarenka started the match pretty well and won the first set by 6-1. But, Irina came back in the match strongly and won the second set by 6-3. However, the experience and quality of Azarenka was too much for Irina in the final set. Azarenka won the third set by 6-1 and went into the second round. After the match, Azarenka said that she made some big mistakes in the second set. In the second set, Irina broke Azarenka’s service several times. According to Azarenka, she has to work a bit on his service. Such mistakes could be costly in the upcoming matches.
Azarenka said that when she plays for herself, she doesn’t feel too much pressure. But, when she plays for her country, she often gets nervous. According to Azarenka, when you play on Centre court after a while, it is not easy to control your shots. She admitted that she was not at her best in the match and if she has to win a medal, she would have to improve her service.
As per Azarenka, the rain also affected her concentration. She had to play the match yesterday, but, due to the rain, she had to wait for too long. In the second round, Azarenka will play against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain. Maria won her first match pretty easily. She defeated Polona Hercog of Slovenia in the straight sets by 6-2, 6-4. Azarenka should be very careful against Maria and should not repeat the same mistakes in the second round match.
The Belarusian tennis player, Victoria Azarenka, was practicing on the Wimbledon practice court before going into the semifinal match against Serena Williams. She was practicing with a yellow T-shirt on. But, the rules of Wimbledon are very strict. Even if you are practicing on the practice court, you have to wear the white clothes. One of the officials went to Azarenka and told her that she should be wearing a white T-shirt. He also gave her a white T-shirt to wear. But, Azarenka didn’t look happy with that white T-shirt. She said that she wasn’t feeling comfortable in that white T-shirt.
Azarenka was in fine form before the semi final against Serena. She played wonderful tennis in the quarter final match against Tamira Paszek. She outplayed the young Austrian and defeated her by 6-3, 7-6. However, Tamira played well in the second set and gave a good fight to the Australian open champion. But, she wasn’t able to keep her nerves in the tie-breaker and lost the game. After winning the quarter final match, Victoria said that Serena is a great player and to play the semifinal match against her would be a privilege. On being asked about Tamira, Victoria said that Tamira is a good, young player and the more she will play, the more she will improve.
The recent form of Serena Williams is not that good. She was defeated in the very first round of the French open by an unknown player named Virginie Razzano, who was ranked no. 111 in the official rankings of World Tennis Association (WTA). After that there have been talks that Serena has started to fade. But, there is no doubt that she has been a great player over the years and it would not be easy for Azarenka to win the semifinal match.
Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka has reclaimed her position as the world’s top female tennis player after Serena Williams defeated Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final of Wimbledon at the All England Club, according to the latest rankings released by the WTA.
The 23 year old Pole needed to win her final match against the 5 time Wimbledon champion on Saturday, the 7th of July to claim the world number one spot for the first time in her career but after falling short in her final hurdle, she had to be content with moving up from third to second in the latest edition of the WTA Tour rankings.
Azarenka reclaims her position as the top female tennis player in the world just a month after being displaced from her position by Russian tennis beauty Maria Sharapova, who reclaimed the number one spot after her win at the French Open in Roland Garros. But having failed to reach even the quarter final stages of Wimbledon, a title she took over by storm as a 16 year old, Sharapova was knocked out in the fourth round. Read more »
Victoria Azarenka is already at a crossroads in her young career. There has been a batch of new Major winners, in recent years, and these players have the opportunity to capitalise and become multiple Slam winners, or fade away with a solitary big one on their CV.
Between 1991 and 2007, there were four single Slam champions. There are currently six such players on the WTA tour and, of this group, Azarenka is the player most likely to leave it.
Strong on all surfaces and with a rounded game that now contains finesse, as well as power, the Belarusian has all the attributes to become a major force in this transitional era. Read more »
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