Victoria Azarenka is one such tennis player that was very good at her game but not a lot of people talk about her when it comes to tennis greats of this era. She was someone who could give the toughest fight to anyone who was against her and her fighting spirit was always there and she would never give up. Victoria Azarenka played tennis from 2003 and she is still strong Even after 20 years.
Victoria Azarenka has earned a whopping $35,574,500 in her career till now and this is the 5th highest all time as far as the women go. She has a career record of 583 wins and 229 losses in singles Matches which gives her a winning % of 71.8%. Let’s look at her Top 5 Best Matches
1) 2012 Australian Open Women’s Singles Final
This was her first Grand Slam and it came 9 years after she started playing tennis and this was the Australian Open and in the final she took on one of the best in Maria Sharapova. The final was a one sided affair as Victoria Azarenka easily beat the great Maria Sharapova by 6-3 and 6-0 and it was one of the most dominant Grand Slam wins of this era and it showed the world the true potential that Victoria Azarenka had.
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2) 2013 Australian Open Women’s Singles Final
The following year she was back in the final hey again of the Australian Open but this time her opponent was Li Na from China and this was a thrilling match and it went the distance. Victoria Azarenka lost the first set 4-6 and then she went on to win the next 2 sets 6-4 and 6-3 to win her second Australian Open and establish her dominance.
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3) 2012 US Open Women’s Singles Final
Although she lost this final by a whisker it is so High because of whom she was facing and Victoria Azarenka took the greatest Serena Williams to the limit. It was one of the best finals in a long time. The first set was won by Serena Williams 6-2 but immediately Victoria Azarenka responded by winning the second set 6-2 as well and in the deciding set it was very close but Serena Williams had a little more as she won by 7-5.
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4) 2020 US Open Women’s Singles Final
This is the latest Grand Slam final that Victoria Azarenka was in and it was 17 years into her career and at this time she was taking on the youngsters. In this final she was facing Naomi Osaka and this match was 3 sets as well and Victoria Azarenka won the first set 6-1 but went on to lose the next 2 sets by 6-3 and 6-3 and this was one of the first big wins for the young Osaka. This was proof that Victoria Azarenka is still one of the best.
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5) 2011 Wimbledon Women’s Singles Semi Final
This is the last match on this list and this semi final match was better than the final as in this match it was Victoria Azarenka against Petra Kvitova and this match was a thrilling match and at the end of 2 sets it was 1-1 and It was everything to play for and in the last set Petra Kvitova had the upper hand as she won the set by 6-2.
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