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Clijsters overshadowed by Azarenka

Clijsters overshadowed by Azarenka

| January 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

MELBOURNE: Belarus’s Victoria Azarenka upset defending champion Kim Clijsters in three tense sets to reach her first grand slam final at the Australian Open on Thursday. Third-seeded Azarenka, 22, saw off a powerful second-set fight-back by the Belgian mother-of-one to win 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. In Saturday’s final, she will play either Maria Sharapova or Petra [...]

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Azarenka leads women’s field

Azarenka leads women’s field

| January 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

MELBOURNE: Third seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska became the first women through to the Australian Open quarter-finals after crushing victories on Sunday. Azarenka defeated Czech Iveta Benesova 6-2, 6-2 before Radwanska brushed aside Germany’s Julia Goerges 6-1, 6-1. The two winners will face each other in the last eight. Azarenka has [...]

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