Hoping to match her perfect start to the season, Victoria Azarenka has been building quite a run of form lately. After her dramatic loss to Serena in the US Open final, the world number 1 has been invincible, winning the title in Beijing before cruising through the draw in Linz to collect her second title in as many weeks.
On her first trip to Linz, Victoria was utterly dominant on court and extremely jovial off court, the Belorussian doing double duty this week. In addition to destroying her opponents, she focused on entertaining the Austrian crowd, doing a little bit of LMFAO dancing, blowing kisses to the spectators and engaging in lengthy interviews.
Azarenka's route to the final was pretty straightforward, as she did not lose no more than four games in any of her four matches. And things seemed to follow the same scenario in the championship match, as she built a 6-3,5-0 lead against Julia Goerges. However, the German caught fire at that stage and, relying on some inspired shot making, she saved four match points, reeling off four straight games to get herself back into the set. Azarenka did not despair though and seized her opportunity, breaking Julia's serve to close out the match.
Although she stumbled a bit at the end, Victoria's week has been impressive. She is now 13-0 since Flushing Meadows, 26-0 in sets, and judging by the kind of form she's in, the Belorussian is one of the heavy favourites for the WTA Championships title in Istanbul, where she is last year's runner up.
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| Although she lost the final, Julia Goerges put in a brave display. She might have gotten into the match a bit too late, but at 3-6,0-5 the German caught fire, reeling off four straight games and seriously challenging the world number 1 before Azarenka was able to close out the match at the fifth time of asking. |
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