Victoria Azarenka in third round action Australian Open Tennis 2022 Melbourne Park, Australia Day 5 Friday 20 January 2022 PHOTO BY KARL WINTER
Victoria Azarenka served notice she is a serious contender for honours at the Australian Open with a brutal 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Elina Svitolina on Friday.
Azarenka blew Svitolina away in 67 minutes to become the first player through to the Open’s last 16.
“I feel like I played really well tactically and that really never let her into the game,” Azarenka said.
“She’s a great competitor and I tried to stay on top of her as much as possible and not let her breathe in a way.
“That was my goal before the match and I feel like I executed that well.”
Next up will be an interesting clash against either fourth-seeded French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova or 26th seed Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday.
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