Tag: Victoria Azarenka
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Victoria heads nominations for Fed Cup
London, Jan 08, 2014: Victoria Azarenka heads the nominations for the 2014 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group I events taking place in the week of 3 February alongside the World Group and World Group II first round ties. The ITF has announced the full nominations for Europe/Africa Zone Group I in Budapest, Hungary…
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NAs’ join countdown to World Tennis Day
London, Feb 18, 2013: The ITF’s National Associations will join some of the world’s leading tennis stars in celebrating the inaugural World Tennis Day that will be held on Monday 4 March as part of the ITF Centenary activities. World Tennis Day was launched by the ITF and StarGames at the 2012 Davis Cup by…
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Australian Open; Djokovic creates history with Australian triple
Melbourne – Australia, Jan 27, 2013: Novak Djokovic has done what no man in the Open Era has ever been able to accomplish – he has won three Australian Open titles in a row with a pulsating victory over Andy Murray in Sunday night’s men’s singles final at Melbourne Park. The Serbian looked to be…
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US Open Tennis; Williams reclaims US Open title
Serena Williams reclaimed her US Open crown on Sunday night with a 62 26 75 victory over world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka. It is the American’s fourth US Open title and her 15th Grand Slam victory. Serena started the match in typical powerful fashion and Azarenka looked unable to cope as the American broke serve…
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Belarus pair claim historic mixed doubles
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: Please find below Sunday’s results for the 2012 Olympic Tennis Event held at the All England Club, Wimbledon from Saturday 28 July until Sunday 5 August. All the latest news from the Olympic Tennis Event, including live scores, can be found on the ITF’s official Olympic websites in English…
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Olympic Tennis: Serena powers to Olympic gold
London – GBR, August 04, 2012: Please find below Saturday’s results for the 2012 Olympic Tennis Event being held at the All England Club, Wimbledon from Saturday 28 July until Sunday 5 August. All the latest news from the Olympic Tennis Event, including live scores, can be found on the ITF’s official Olympic websites in…
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Federer, Azarenka named top seeds for Tennis
London, July 25, 2012: Azarenka, The International Tennis Federation (ITF) today announced the seeds for the London 2012 Olympic Tennis Event, being staged at the All England Club, Wimbledon from 28 July until 5 August. Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA world rankings of Monday, 23 July. The draw for the 2012 Olympic…
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Vogt excited by Olympic opportunity
Liechtenstein’s Stephanie Vogt was 18 years old when she was first told that she would be playing at an Olympic Games. In May 2008, the up-and-coming player from the Central European Principality was given a Tripartite Commission Invitation Place to compete in the Olympic Tennis Event at Beijing. Just one week later she slipped in…
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Azarenka looks to follow in Li’s footsteps
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will bid to follow China’s Li Na as the latest Grand Slam champion to have benefited from the support of the Grand Slam® Development Fund. Azarenka will take on Russian Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open women’s singles final in Melbourne on Saturday. Azarenka, 22, was a member of two ITF/Grand…