As the temperatures sweltered through the 30s, Li's battle with world No 1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the final of the Australian Open had tennis fans at the edge of their seats as it...
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26 Jan 2013
Victoria Azarenka overcome an often hostile crowd to win back-to-back Australian Open titles, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a dramatic final on Saturday that contained a break for fireworks, two...
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21 Jan 2013
Victoria Azarenka’s ear-piercing shrieking is not to everyone’s taste – but it’s gone down well with her reputed boyfriend, LMFAO musician Redfoo, who’s sampled it for a new song.
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20 Jan 2013
Third seed Serena Williams eased into the Australian Open fourth round yesterday, but defending champion Victoria Azarenka was made to work hard and play "ugly" to stay in the tournament.
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20 Jan 2013
Maria Sharapova and Grigor Dimitrov. Serena Williams and Patrick Mouratoglou. Victoria Azarenka and Stefan Gordy.
The three best female players in the world have something in common at the...
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15 Jan 2013
Five-time champion Serena Williams shrugged off an ankle injury to sweep into the Australian Open second round Tuesday where she was joined by world No 1 Victoria Azarenka.
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No woman has come close to rivalling Serena Williams since she finished off her self-titled Serena Slam - capturing four consecutive major championships - by winning at Melbourne Park in 2003.
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