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Серена и Вика в Таиланде

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Показательный матч Вика - Серена 7:5 6:3

World number two Victoria Azarenka battled back from an injury-plagued season to defeat top-ranked Serena Williams 7-5 6-3 in Thailand on Saturday.

The Belarusian 24-year-old is hoping her victory in the exhibition match will set the stage for a strong performance at the coming Australian Open.

"It's a great warm up before going to compete and start the year," she told reporters in the seaside resort of Hua Hin. "It's always really fun because we take each other to the limit."

Asked whether the pair would meet again in the Australian Open final, she replied: "That's what we're going to really work hard for."

A jet-lagged Williams, who arrived in the kingdom a day later than Azarenka, shrugged off her defeat.

"We had a really good match. We had a lot of moving and I think it was a really good warm up for us in the future."

 

Azarenka keen to gain fitness before start of a new season

Posted on » Saturday, December 28, 2013

HUA HIN, Thailand: World number two Victoria Azarenka said yesterday she was battling to get her fitness back on track after a disappointing 2013 as she prepared to face world number one Serena Williams in Thailand.

"Last year I had some difficulties but now I am working hard to keep up my fitness," the Belarusian 24-year-old said before the exhibition match.

Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion who ended 2013 with just three titles, said she was hoping for a victory in the Land of Smiles to bring her good luck again in Melbourne.

"I won this exhibition match for two consecutive years and went on to win the Australian Open which is very good," she told reporters in the seaside resort of Hua Hin.

 

 

 

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