Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player was born on 31st July 1989. She is the current World No. 1 as of 28 May 2012.
She won the 2012 Australian Open singles title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles. Her other achievements include winning two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, the 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi and the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan.
At age 16, Azarenka moved to Scottsdale, Arizona 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. 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. Azarenka is romantically involved with tennis player Sergei Bubka Jr, son of former Olympic gold medalist and World Champion, Sergey Bubka.
Azarenka won Bronze Medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games, winning the first ever olympic medal in tennis for Belarus. She won her first Gold medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games with Max Mirnyi for Belarus, defeating Andy Murray and Laura Robson of Great Britain. She reached her first US Open final in 2012, where she was defeated by former US Open champion and World No. 4 Serena Williams, losing for the eighth consecutive time.
She won the 2012 Australian Open singles title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles. Her other achievements include winning two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, the 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi and the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan.
At age 16, Azarenka moved to Scottsdale, Arizona 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. 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. Azarenka is romantically involved with tennis player Sergei Bubka Jr, son of former Olympic gold medalist and World Champion, Sergey Bubka.
Azarenka won Bronze Medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games, winning the first ever olympic medal in tennis for Belarus. She won her first Gold medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games with Max Mirnyi for Belarus, defeating Andy Murray and Laura Robson of Great Britain. She reached her first US Open final in 2012, where she was defeated by former US Open champion and World No. 4 Serena Williams, losing for the eighth consecutive time.
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