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Azarenka had won the Gold medal in the mixed doubles competition of London Olympics. Her partner in that event was Max Mirnyi. The Belarusian pair had defeated the British pair of Laura Robson and Andy Murray by 2-6, 6-3, 10-8.

That was not the only medal won by Azarenka in London Olympics. She had won the Bronze medal in the singles competition as well.

When asked what is more important to her- being at the top of the world rankings or winning an Olympic medal, Azarenka said, “Off course, it’s the Olympic medal. The value of an Olympic medal is immense. It can’t be compared to anything else, not even the no. 1 ranking in the world.”

“In the Olympics, you play for your country and that’s the biggest thing for a sportsperson. Winning something for nation is what all sportspersons dream about.”

“When I was a child, I also used to dream about winning an Olympic medal and finally, when I got one last year, I got emotional. It was really the happiest moment that I have ever had in my career.”

“The no. 1 ranking in the world is only an indication of how you are playing at the moment. If you win matches consistently, you will get there. Similarly, if you have bad run in some tournaments, you will go down. So, it’s something which is always changing.”

Azarenka’s current world ranking is 3. She has had tremendous time this year. She is yet to suffer a defeat this season.

Azarenka has been out of action since the last few weeks because of her ankle injury. But, she is expected to be back for the upcoming clay court tournament in Stuttgart.

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The Belarusian had to play her first match in the tournament on Friday, but, before the match, she announced her withdrawal from the tournament.

Announcing her withdrawal, Azarenka said, “The condition of my ankle has not improved at all. I am still having problems in moving. I went to practice yesterday, but, I didn’t feel comfortable at all while practicing. So, I have decided that I will not take part in this tournament.”

“It’s really frustrating to miss tournaments when you are in good form. I was eager to play in this tournament.”

Azarenka had discovered this ankle injury while playing against Urszula Radwanska of Poland in the fourth round of BNP Paribas Open. The Belarusian managed to win that match in straight sets despite being in a lot of pain.

Azarenka had to play against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the next match, but, she decided not to take part in that match as her injury had worsened.

At the start of this week, Azarenka had said that she would recover before the Sony Open, but, unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

Azarenka has had a fabulous run in this season so far. She hasn’t been beaten yet in the season. She has played a total of 17 matches and has won all of them.

She has won a couple of titles i.e. Australian Open and Doha Open.

However, despite performing so well in this season, Azarenka has slipped down in the world rankings. She had begun the season as the no. 1 player in the world, but, now, she is at the third position in the world rankings.

Azarenka struggled a bit in the first set, but, in the next two sets, she showed why she is considered as a great player. Azarenka who has been given the top seed in this tournament will play against Urszula Radwanska of Poland in the next round.

Azarenka got a good start in the first set. She broke Flipkens’ serve in the first game. A serve hold in the next game gave the Belarusian superstar a lead of 2-0, and she looked so comfortable that I almsot used my Unibet bonus bet on this match (I’m supposed to be saving it for the final!)

However, Flipkens didn’t take too much time in equalizing the proceedings. She held her serve in the third game and then, got a breakthrough in the 4^th game to make the score 2-2.

There were no serve breaks in the next two games and at the end of the 6^th game; the score was 3-3.

Flipkens got another breakthrough in the 8^th game which took her ahead by 5-3. She sealed the set with a serve hold in the 9^th game.

Azarenka desperately needed to win the next set to keep her hopes alive of moving into the next round and she did that.

Both the players broke each other’s serve twice in the first six games of the second set which kept the scores levelled.

Flipkens dropped her serve again in the 8^th game because of which Azarenka took a lead of 5-3. The Belarusian served out the 9^th game and won the second set by 6-3.

In the final set, there was no stopping Azarenka. Her power and class proved to be too much for Flipkens.

The Belarusian broke the serve of her opponent thrice consecutively and held her entire serve to win the set by 6-0.

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Azarenka has been in fine form in this tournament and she was expected to secure an easy victory over Vesnina. The speculations turned out to be true and Azarenka didn’t have to work hard at all to defeat Vesnina. She dominated right through the match.

Azarenka got six breakpoints in the entire match and she managed to capitalize on four of them, leading those who bet on Tennis to tip her as a dark horse to win the French Open – get the latest Tennis betting odds from William Hill bookmakers.

In the post match interview, Azarenka said, “I was in full control right from the start. These types of performances give you immense satisfaction. I think my performance is getting better with every match. I want to continue playing in the same fashion.”

In the quarter final match, Azarenka will take on Svetlana Kuznetsova who has pulled off a few upsets in this tournament. Kuznetsova made her way into the quarterfinals with a stunning victory over Caroline Wozniacki.

When asked about the next match against Kuznetsova, Azarenka said, “It will be a very exciting match. Kuznetsova has been playing brilliantly in this competition. Her temperament has really improved in the last one year. Earlier, she used to lose her concentration during the tensed situations, but, now, she looks clam under those circumstances.”

“It will be hard work for me; that’s for sure. She is not going to give me easy opportunities. She will come hard at me and I will have to be at my best if I have to get better of her.”

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Azarenka was expected to dominate in the match as she was much higher in rankings than Pervak and she stood up to the expectations. The Belarusian superstar took just 69 minutes to win the match and knock her opponent out of the competition. She was in absolute demolishing mood and she made the match completely one sided.

Azarenka had won its previous match quite easily as well. She had started the new year on a high by defeating Sabine Lisicki of Germany in the straight sets by 6-3, 6-3. But, in the match against Pervak, the world no. 1 looked even more aggressive. She let her opponent win just a single game in the entire match which tells the story of her dominance.

Azarenka was off to a brilliant start in the match. She got three successive breakthroughs and won the first five games on the trot to take a lead of 5-0. Pervak eventually made her presence felt by breaking Azarenka’s service in the sixth game, but, that was too little to make an impact. Azarenka easily served out with the seventh game and sealed the first set by 6-1.

In the second set, Azarenka got even more aggressive. Just like the opening set, the Belarusian broke Pervak’s service thrice in the second set as well and won the first six games consecutively to wrap up the match.

Azarenka served four double faults in the match, but, she made up for it by converting seven out of the nine breakpoints that she got. In the semi final, Azarenka will take on the winner of the match between Sloane Stephens and Serena Williams.

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