Victoria Azarenka routines through Dinah Pfizenmaier to reach the third round – French Open 2012
Reigning world number one, Victoria Azarenka, posted a far better performance in the second round brawl of the French Open than she did in the opening round. The top seed Belarusian registered a thumping victory over Dinah Pfizenmaier,
with double breadstick, 6-1, 6-1, to reach the third round of the clay court Grand Slam event in Paris, France.
The 22-year-old hot favourite is bidding high for her second successive Grand Slam title at the Roland Garros. She had a stumbling start to her French Open campaign when she lost the opening set and was trailing 0-4 in the opening
round brawl against the Italian veteran, Alberta Brianti but she displayed her true class to make an eye-startling comeback in the contest. Azarenka won her opening round match after a going through some deep channels but received strong criticism from various
quarters on her victory. It was seen as a below par performance from a reigning world number one player but the Belarusian shut all the censure after her cracking victory on Wednesday.
"It was a lot quicker," Azarenka said. "I didn't know my opponent that well, and it took me a few games to understand what kind of game she plays, but after a few games I started to find my rhythm. I definitely played better today."
“I never knew her before but I had to do a little bit of research yesterday, and I do remember her name - it's just a little bit difficult to pronounce!" Azarenka commented on Pfizenmaier. "Now I know what she looks like, so hopefully
I will see her many more times.”
Top seed Azarenka spared merely two games for the German qualifier in the entire matchup and blasted her way to victory in the most dominating fashion. With a fairly low error count and aggressive approach throughout the contest,
the Belarusian faced no difficulties in overwhelming the limited resistance from Pfizenmaier. Azarenka dropped just five points on her first serve, clinching 24 out of 29 and broke the German serve five out of seven times to come out as the deserving winner.
On the other hand, Pfizenmaier’s 29 unforced errors proved extremely taxing for her and she utterly failed to convert any of the two break points she had in the matchup to finish on the losing side in the end.
Azarenka will now square off against the unseeded Canadian, Aleksandra Wozniak, in the third round of the competition.
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