She slugged a winner past Radwanska with her first return of serve, and never stopped slugging from there. Azarenka, from her deep serves to her penetrating returns down the middle, wasted no time getting on top of the rallies, and she wasted less time finishing them.
A couple of games earlier, someone in the crowd had pleaded with Vika: "Come on, give her a chance. At times, as Azarenka took ball after ball from inside the baseline and hit winners that landed at least 10 feet away from Radwanska, it looked like she was playing against an empty court. As the games went on this afternoon, Radwanska seemed to vanish ever farther under her heat umbrella during changeovers.
When she finally did break through, she waved her arms and received, naturally, the biggest ovation of the afternoon. Login to post your comment. Show More Comments. No thanks Delete. Cancel Update. Login to reply. Cancel Reply. Contact Us. GDPR Compliance. She finally held serve in the sixth game and pummelled her legs with her fists, letting out an angst-filled shriek to try to shake herself out of her stupor.
She was powerless to prevent Radwanska from closing out the set, however, when she bamboozled the Belarusian with a deft drop-shot that was harmlessly pushed into the tramlines. Azarenka rallied and pounced as Radwanska served to stay in the set at , blasting a string of fierce returns to bring up set points and levelled the match with a searing crosscourt winner.
The Belarusian dipped again, though, double-faulting to bring up a second break point in the opening game of the third set, and then losing serve when she floated a backhand long. After Radwanska held for , Azarenka needlessly blasted a volley into the back of the court raising jeers from the crowd, and promptly lost the next four points to go a double-break down. Tested on serve at , Radwanska raised huge roars from the terraces with a succession of exquisite points, scrambling down a series of would-be winners to hold, prompting Azarenka to crumble in the final game of the match.
She really took advantage of that," Azarenka said. With masks and distancing, Canadians attend Remembrance ceremonies.
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