Defending champion Victoria Azarenka has advanced to the
Australian Open semifinals with a 7-5, 6-1 win over former two-time
Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Via Larry Brown Sports
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January 24, 2013
Victoria Azarenka beat Sloane Stephens in the semifinals of the Australian Open on Thursday in Melbourne, but she used some highly questionable tactics in the process. Azarenka blew five match points while she was serving up 5-3 in the second set against Stephens. During the side change, Azarenka called the trainer and doctor over and pointed at her chest a few times. Not only was...
Via Fox Sports
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January 24, 2013
Technically, choking is only an injury, or medical emergency, if something is stuck in your throat. So the No. 1 women's tennis player, Victoria Azarenka, on the verge of choking away her match Thursday, resorted to a cheap trick to beat American teen Sloane Stephens in the Australian Open semifinals.
Azarenka faked an injury, and walked off the court for 10 minutes for treatment...
Via Larry Brown Sports
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January 24, 2013
Victoria Azarenka is the No. 1 women’s tennis player in the world, and she is dating LMFAO DJ/singer Redfoo. The two appear to have been dating since around September, which is when Redfoo was spotted cheering her on at the US Open. Since then, he has traveled to watch her play in other tournaments, including the Australian Open:
That was Redfoo aka Stefan Kendal Gordy watching...
Via AP on Fox
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January 21, 2013
Music fans will soon get to hear the symphonic-like shrieking that Victoria Azarenka brings to her tennis.
The No. 1-ranked player and reigning Australian Open champion is known as one of the more vocal players on the women's tour, accompanying almost every whack of the ball with a high-pitched ''Ooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuwww.''
In a silent stadium, the sound can linger...
Via AP on Fox
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January 24, 2013
Victoria Azarenka will have 48 hours to calm her nerves, rest her body and move past a center-court controversy before she returns to defend her Australian Open title.
Her opponent is an emotionally and physically fresher Li Na, the 2011 French Open champion.
Both women used the word ''hungry'' to describe how much they want to win their second Grand Slam title...
Via AP on Fox
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January 21, 2013
Music fans will soon get to hear the symphonic-like shrieking that Victoria Azarenka brings to her tennis.
The No. 1-ranked player and reigning Australian Open champion is known as one of the more vocal players on the women's tour, accompanying almost every whack of the ball with a high-pitched "Ooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuwww."
In a silent stadium, the sound can linger in...
Via Online Sports Guys
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January 24, 2013
((HT: ESPN))
A lot of people are referring to it as gamemanship- others are calling it flat out fakery...
But Victoria Azarenka used an injury timeout to stop Sloane Stephens' momentum in their semi-final match at the Australian Open. Up 5-3 in the second, Azarenka served for the match and had five match points- losing them all.
She called for a doctor, as rules allow...
Via NESN.com
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January 24, 2013
MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria Azarenka had to endure some anxious moments before and after her win over American teenager Sloane Stephens.
Li Na wasn’t flustered at all in an easy victory over No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova.
The result is that Li will play for the Australian Open title against Azarenka, who ended Stephens’ unexpected run to the semifinals that included a quarterfinal...
Via Tennis Grand Stand
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January 24, 2013
Victoria Azarenka takes a medical timeout. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Barring a toe injury that kept her from finishing a warm-up event in Brisbane, Victoria Azarenka has not lost a match all year. There have been a few tense moments in her matches in Australia, most notably when she fell behind a break to American Jamie Hampton in the third, and most recently when...
Via Fox Sports
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January 24, 2013
For a moment it seemed that Sloane Stephens was heading for a replay of her previous match -- losing the first set, seeing her opponent pull up at the start of the second with some sort of injury and then ...
But she could not quite reproduce the full scenario of her upset against Serena Williams. Victoria Azarenka, playing like the world No. 1 for most of the match until, in her...
Via Tennis Panorama
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January 24, 2013
By Jaclyn Stacey
(January 24, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia – Victoria Azarenka halted the absorbing run of young American Sloane Stephens in the semifinals of the Australian Open on Thursday, defeating her 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 41 minutes in the notorious Melbourne heat.
Stephens had been riding on a high after shocking the tennis world on Wednesday by defeating 15-time...
Via Tennis Panorama
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January 22, 2013
By Jaclyn Stacey
(January 23, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia – World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka kept her title defense on track on Wednesday at Melbourne Park, progressing to the semifinals of the Australian Open with a 7-5 6-1 win over Svetlana Kuznetsova.
It was an enthralling encounter between the world No. 1 and the two-time grand slam champion as they went toe for toe in...
Via Tennis Panorama
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January 21, 2013
By Jaclyn Stacey
(January 21, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia – Victoria Azarenka kept her Australian Open title defense on track on Monday after comfortably disposing of Hobart champion Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-1 in 58 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.
She moves into a quarterfinal matchup with Svetlana Kuznetsova after the Russian defeated Caroline Wozniacki in a grueling encounter...
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