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| 2013 Australian Open Women Champion - Victoria Azarenka |
Defending female Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka beat Chinese Li Na to claim her second consecutive Australian Open title. The match which saw a resurgent Li Na who had earlier dumped Russian Maria Sharapova 6 - 2, 6 - 2 in the semi-finals succumb to the sheer power and class of the Belarusian.
Azarenka came back from a set down to win 4 - 6, 6 -4, 6 - 3 to romp to victory making her the 8th woman to successfully defend her crown.
An emotional Azarenka burst into teams amidst plaudits from her fans. She goes home with the prize money of $2,430,000 while Li Na pockets $1,215,000 for her effort.
Azarenka retains her no. 1 world ranking.
Also major sponsors, KIA renewed their sponsorship deal of the Australian Open for another 5 years
The 2013 edition of the Australian Open comes to an end tomorrow Sunday with the men finals between Britain's Andy Murray and Serb Novak Djokovic.
Nice one Vika. It was a gallant loss by Na Li. She had two injury time-outs but didn't affect her performance though.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for tomorrow's men's final. Nole has been in devastating form and it would take a monumental effort by Murray to beat him. I hope he does though.
Nice display by Azarenka and great tournament by Li Na, though her husband was a little bit disappointed. I'm sure Supernova will school the Scott in 3 straight sets tomorrow.
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