MELBOURNE : Victoria Azarenka confessed to some nerves before coming through a tough first-round battle against Sofia Kenin 6-4 7-6(3) on Monday to ensure she would be the only former Australian Open champion remaining in the women's draw.The 33-year-old Belarusian, champion in 2012 and 2013, said she had
MELBOURNE : Victoria Azarenka confessed to some nerves before coming through a tough first-round battle against Sofia Kenin 6-4 7-6 on Monday to ensure she would be the only former Australian Open champion remaining in the women's draw.
"She's an amazing champion, I know she's had some injuries but she has the experience and I knew it was going to be a tough match," the 24th seed said after the two-hour struggle. "I couldn't find my best tennis today so I was just trying to fight step-by-step so I was able to find a way. Today was about that."
The 24-year-old took a 3-0 lead in the opening set after an early break only for Azarenka to notch up the power and rattle off five successive games. Kenin fought gamely to hold serve for 5-4 but Azarenka made no mistake when serving for the set.
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