Victoria Azarenka:“I had very good motivation because I knew she's a very good player” – Tennis News
World number one, Victoria Azarenka registered her 21st consecutive victory on Wednesday after defeating the fifth ranked Pole, Agnieszka Radwanska, in the quarter-final of the BNP Paribas Open. She is enjoying an exciting
run of form and almost unbeatable at the moment; probably she might repeat the similar year the men’s number one player, Novak Djokovic, registered in 2011.
In a post-match interview, she stated, “I had very good motivation because I knew she's a very good player. I have to play a very good match and show excellent tennis to beat her. I was focused on every moment, every point and
every ball I was striking. I really didn't think about the score, because there's really no point getting into that.”
She commenced her new season at Apia International Sydney and clinched the first crown of 2012 before marching on to grab the first Grand Slam title of her career in the Australian Open, contested in Melbourne. She won the Qatar
Total Open in February and is on course to win her fourth consecutive title in Indian Wells.
Azarenka believes that she has laid the foundation for such a classic year that can be chosen as a trademark in the world of tennis. She definitely has kicked-off in emphatic fashion and probably the deserving world number one
after a year long reign of the controversial Dane, Caroline Wozniacki. Her videos of performances at elite platforms can be shown to the youngsters to master the forehand and backhand returns and classy fiery serves.
The Belarusian tennis ace has recorded the best season start of the 21st century with a winning streak of 21 matches; equals the record created the by the former world number one, Serena Williams, in 2003. If she manages
to kill a startling inform German contestant, Angelique Kerber, in the semi-final, she will next on the list to the Swiss tennis icon and former world number one, Martina Hingis.
Hingis registered a 37 match unbeaten record at the start of 1997 season. It was something that shocked the crowd. Azarenka has done the same. It will be interesting to see that which player has the ability to power down the Belarusian.
Kerber has a chance to perform the heroics but Azarenka is the hot favourite to win the semi-final and march on to title match with ease.
The way she dumped the inform Dubai Duty Free Champion, Radwanska, in straight sets; one can only think that she can only lose when she doesn’t want to win.
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