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ABOUT Victoria Azarenka Widget

Victoria Azarenka (Belarusian: Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка [vʲikˈtɔrɨja aˈzaranka], Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player and the women's World No. 2 as of 25 February 2013.[2] She has won two Australian Open singles titles (2012 and 2013), becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles. Her other achievements include winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles—the 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi, the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan—and the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2012 London Olympics with Max Mirnyi.At age 16, Azarenka moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, from Minsk, Belarus, to train. In this she was aided by National Hockey League goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and his wife, who is a friend of Azarenka's mother.[6] In 2012 she moved to Monaco.[7] Azarenka is fluent in Belarusian, Russian, English and has some handling of French and Ukrainian. In 2010 she briefly considered a break from the sport of tennis to focus on education; however, after a conversation with her grandmother, she decided to continue playing. It is the inspiration from her grandmother that is regarded as the key for her continued developments in the sport.[8] As of January 2013, Azarenka was romantically involved with singer Redfoo, part of musical duo LMFAO.2012Azarenka claimed her first title of the season at the 2012 Apia International Sydney as the third seed. She defeated her first three opponents, Stefanie Voegele, Jelena Janković and Marion Bartoli all in straight sets to advance to the semifinals where she defeated the seventh seed, Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets to reach the final. She defeated the defending champion Li Na in three sets.[34]Azarenka competed at the 2012 Australian Open as the third seed, defeating Heather Watson, Casey Dellacqua, Mona Barthel and Iveta Benesova in the first four rounds without dropping a set. In the quarterfinals, Azarenka faced a sterner test against world no. 8 Agnieszka Radwańska but won in three sets.[35] She then defeated the eleventh seed and defending champion Kim Clijsters[36] to reach her first Major singles final, where she faced the world no. 4 Maria Sharapova. After a nervous start Azarenka proceeded to win the last nine games to win the title.[37] Azarenka recorded her first Grand Slam singles title and became the world no. 1 (with effect from 30 January 2012) in the same match.Her first tournament as world number one was the 2012 Qatar Total Open. She won her third title of the year in Doha, defeating Samantha Stosur in the final. Azarenka planned to compete at the 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships. However, after a bye in the first round, she withdrew from the tournament due to an ankle injury. In March, she played in the 2012 BNP Paribas Open, where she was the top seed. In a re-run of the 2012 Australian Open decider, her opponent in the final was World No. 2 Maria Sharapova, and once again, Azarenka won in straight sets, thus extending her undefeated record in 2012 to 23–0. Azarenka´s streak ended in the quarters of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in a straight set loss against Marion Bartoli. Her record for consecutive wins was 26–0Victoria Azarenka began her 2013 season at the 2013 Brisbane International in what was her first appearance at the tournament since winning the title in 2009. She was able to reach the semi-finals, however had to withdraw from her scheduled match against Serena Williams due to a toe infection.[46]Azarenka defended the title at the 2013 Australian Open, beating Li Na in three sets in the championship match.[47] Her passage to the final included a semi-final against Sloane Stephens where she took a controversial 10-minute medical timeout.