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What's Next? Вика

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Выставил серию Steve Tignor для Вики WTA No. 1

Он рассматривает 3 возможных ситуаций для каждой теннисистки в следующем сезоне - лучший вариант, худший вариант и чего можно ожидать на АО.

Vika will start the season by returning to the scenes of her earliest and most convincing victories of 2012. Her Australian Open title was her first major, and it lifted her to No. 1 for the first time. That spot had been a curse for many of its recent occupants, but Azarenka was inspired, rather than intimidated by it: She didn’t lose a match until the last week of March. And while she had faded in the second half in years past, she never lost atltitude in 2012; she reached the final of the U.S. Open and had a strong fall.

Azarenka, like the rest of the tour, does have a Serena problem—she was 0-5 against her last season. But that’s about the only problem she has at the moment. Azarenka was 10-2 against the other two members of the Top 4, Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska, in 2012. She shouldn’t lack for motivation going forward: Vika likes being No. 1.

Best Case Scenario: Azarenka, like her fellow No. 1 Novak Djokovic, is hard to beat on hard courts, and prone to fast starts. How many majors, or titles, she wins may depend on how many times she has to face Serena Williams. If she can avoid her, she could end up with two Slams. Either way, her consistency will make her hard to dislodge from the No. 1 ranking.

Worst Case Scenario: In the past, Azarenka had trouble staying injury-free, and retirements curtailed her progress. That changed over the last two years, when she had a good run of health. But it didn’t go away completely. She had wrist and leg problems in 2012, and she shut herself down rather than risk further injury on a couple of occasions. We’ll see if any physical issues hold her back next season.

Australian Open Outlook: You have to like Vika’s chances of going deep in Australia. She’s the defending champion, she comes out of the gates fast each season, she loves Melbourne Park’s slow hard courts, and she made her original breakout run there four years ago. Unfortunately, that run, along with two others of hers at the Australian Open, was stopped by the same woman: Serena Williams.

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http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/dennytenn/400453.html

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http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/dennytenn/399288.html

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http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/dennytenn/398961.html

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