Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Azarenka: Is the World Number 11 Will Make It Into The World Number 1?

By Ramitin Goodman


Victoria Azarenka was given birth on July 31, 1989 in Minsk, Belarus. She is a competitive tennis player who became a Junior World Champion in 2005. She won the 2007 US Open Mixed Doubles Title with her partner Max Mirnyi, as well as the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan. live in Scottsdale, Arizona and undergone her training in Marbella, Spain. On February 23, 2009, she achieved a career high of No. 11 in Singles.

In 2005, Azarenka got both the Australian and US Open as a Junior and was named the ITF Junior Girls World Title for that year. She was the pioneer player from Belarus to do that. She also triumphed her first ITF title in Petange, Luxembourg in the same season. In China, she reached her first pro-level semifinal, winning 3 qualitfying rounds and beating both Martina Such and Shuai Peng in the primary draw before being defeated by the event champ, Yan Zi.

Everyday Azarenka have been one of the first players out on the field to exercise. Together with her trainer, Mark Wellington, started gradually. Headphones on, she swings her arms forward and backward, then gently tosses and kicks a soccer ball with him. The drills and the ball gradually speed up until both player and trainer are quick-stepping to keep it in front of them. Usually, you'll see players take small breaks during these types of routines and share a laugh together with their instructor. But not Azarenka. When the ball gets past her, you can see her stamping her foot in frustration.

The 19-year-old Azarenka won her first WTA Tour Singles Title earlier this year by conquering the Brisbane International. The World No.14 Belorussian is now 13-1 this year. The only defeat to date was against Serena Williams in the Australian Open when she disappointingly had departed from the fourth-round match because of faintness and illness.

Azarenka placed a 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-3 Quarterfinals victory over Safina, who was also aclaimed as the World's No.1 ranking from Serena Williams by getting into the finals. But for Azarenka, she ran as an athlete filled with assurance after acquiring her first two career WTA Titles this season - in Brisbane and Memphis. Safina seemed to have the match in her grasp when she took a 3-1 lead in the third set, but she couldn't hold on to the lead.

Shahar Pe'er's excellent run in the Singles draw at Indian Wells came to an sudden end, but at the very least she could relieve herself with advancing to the Semi-finals of the doubles event a couple of hours later. Despite converting four of her five break points, Pe'er was on her back foot for most of the encounter with Azarenka governing the Israeli's service games, breaking six times.




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