Posted from maria-sharapova « Wor... 98 days ago
Maria Sharapova : Maria Sharapova Blogs
By John Pye
MELBOURNE, Australia β Victoria Azarenka started celebrating, then suddenly did a double-take to ask her coach, βWhat happened?β
The answer: She had just produced one of the most lopsided Australian Open final victories to capture a Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking for the first time.
Azarenka routed three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 in 1 hour, 22 minutes on Saturday night, winning 12 of the last 13 games after dropping her first service game and falling behind 2-0.
βItβs a dream come true,β she said. βI have been dreaming and working so hard...
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