Australian Open: Victoria Azarenka - "Time is good medicine"
Victoria Azarenka showed herself as a philosopher after her semi-final against Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open 2023.
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last edit: Jan 27, 2023, 01:55 pm
Everything was done for Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Open 2023: Exactly ten years ago, the Belarusian had won her second title in Melbourne, now only two wins were missing for the triple. And at the latest after the smooth victory against Jessica Pegula, Azarenka believed that she could write a little bit of tennis history: Because no player had ever managed to win two Grand Slam tournaments ten years apart.
Elena Rybakina was righteously par with this aspect. The Kazakh won Wimbledon less than a year ago, and younger tennis fans can remember that. Now Rybakina still needs a win against Aryna Sabalenka to draw level with Azarenka for the Grand Salm title.
Last title for Azarenka in New York
Will Victoria Azarenka get the chance to do it again? The now 33-year-old always sets highlights that are not necessarily to be expected. Like the final at the US Open 2020, where she lost to Naomi Osaka. A few days earlier, Azarenka had celebrated her 21st singles title in New York, at the WTA 1000 tournament relocated from Cincinnati.
After the dispute over custody of son Leo, Victoria Azarenka has a different perspective on the tennis circus anyway. Which can also be seen in their reaction to the bankruptcy against Rybakina. "Time is always good medicine, I think," Azarenka said. She is currently in a state where she sees things a little more objectively. "I don't chew on things for too long."
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