Rising Teen Star Victoria Azarenka Captures First WTA Tour Title
January 11, 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, January 10th, WTA Rising Teen Tennis Star and BEST Tennis client Victoria Azarenka captured her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Title at the Brisbane International in Australia. After reaching the final of four other Tour events (Gold Coast and Prague in 2008, and Estoril and Tashkent in 2007), the fifth final proved to “be a charm” for Azarenka who dominated 17th ranked Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-1 in seventy-one minutes at the Brisbane International Final.
“The way I was thinking on court was very different from before,” Azarenka said after the match. “I was playing every point, no matter what happened. I wasn’t thinking about the fact that I was playing in a final. I was thinking it was a regular match, regular points. That helped me because I didn’t really believe I’ve won yet. Everybody says the third time is the charm, but for me it’s the fifth – I’m just glad I finally got it!”
Azarenka, who was seeded two at the Brisbane International, defeated Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals and crushed Sara Errani 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinals en route to the final.
In addition to this, the 19-year-old Belarusian Azarenka is one of the youngest players ranked in the top 15 in the world (at #14) starting the 2009 season, with 2008 being her first top-twenty finish. As a junior player, Azarenka was a Junior Grand Slam Singles Champion at the 2005 Australian Open and US Open, and also was the ITF Junior World Champion in 2005.
Azarenka currently has endorsement partnerships with Nike clothing and shoe apparel, and Head racquets. For more information on Victoria Azarenka, please visit http://www.vikaazarenkatennis.com/.
January 17th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Vikaa! congrats!!:D
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Hi Victoria!
You did so well in Brisbane and all the best for AO! I was just wondering, are you going out with Ernests Gulbis? Good Luck this year!!!
January 25th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Watching joyfully your success – hope you keep rolling in the AO!! :)
January 26th, 2009 at 12:47 am
You did so good on the AO.
Great tennis,you are so brave.
I hope you get well soon.
January 26th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Vika you are the best! Your match with Serena show you real game, dont upset!
P.S Вика жду с нетерпением обновления твоего блога, желательно пару строчек написать по русски! Не забывай свой сайт!
January 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
VIKA SO SORRY TO SEE YOU RETIRE IN YOU’RE MATCH AGAINST SERENA WILLIAMS. YOU HAD HER ON THE ROPES IF YOU HAD NOT BECOME ILL YOU WOULD OF WON IN 2 SETS.
GET WELL SOON VIKA AND GOOD LUCK IN YOU’RE NEXT TOURNAMENT.
ALISON
February 8th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
You were the better player against Serena, everyone could see that, and she went on to win the tournament. Your time will come Vika, sooner rather than later I’m sure. Good luck for the future!
February 9th, 2009 at 5:43 am
does anyone know if she is going out with ernests gulbis?
February 18th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Hi Vika.
So nice to see you back on the wta tour i missed you.
Hope you over the Virus you had in Australia and can make an impacked for the rest of the year.
Well done on you’re win today keep up the good work.
Alison.
February 21st, 2009 at 8:59 am
Hi Vika.
Hope you can win the final today.Wosniacki is a tough player but i am sure you can beat her good luck.
Alison.
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:46 am
Hi Vika.
Well done on winning you’re second title of 09 hope you will win many more this year.good luck in all you do.
Alison.
March 19th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Hej, bre!
Congrat for win over Dinara! I want to see you in final with Ana!
petru, your fan from Beograd