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After losing to the 13-time Slam finalist Serena Williams, who was recently out of the game for a year, top-seeded Victoria Azarenka declared that the American is playing the best she has ever seen her play.
This is quite the statement to make for a woman who has won 39 total titles in her career and a career Grand Slam.
The two have played six times since their first meeting at the 2008 Australian Open and Williams won five of those times. The only time, the Belarusian had the advantage was when she beat her on the hard-courts of Miami for the title but in my opinion she has played her enough times to make this call on her wellness of play but it could have also been provoked by the sadness of losing.
“(Serena’s) playing at the higher level than actually I've seen her play in a few years.” Azarenka commented after losing 6-1, 7-6(5) and confirmed to the press that she was playing at her highest yet later.
“I mean, tennis, I honestly don't think she can lose it. Winning, what, how many Grand Slams before that, she can't lose that, how to hit the ball or whatever. She just really came back strong mentally. I think those suffers also helped her a lot to maybe get a different perspective and seeing tennis in a different way.”
I told Williams what Azarenka said and asked her if she agree, this is what she said:
“I think in the first set I played some really good tennis. I think in the second set she played really, really good tennis. She kind of dictated and I allowed that. I probably could have played better in the second, but it's good to know that I some things I want to work on.”
Williams clearly shows the perfectionist side of her and she says that she hates to lose no matter what even after the dramatic health battles she endured over that past year.
She ended the conference saying, “I just hate losing. But I think sometimes when you lose it propels you to more wins. Like when I lost at Wimbledon, I was determined to do better. So it works.”
She proved that by winning 19 of the matches she has played in the last 12 months and losing only three. She fell out of the game due her injury being no. 1 in the World.
Next she will have expectedly easy fourth-round match-up against Ana Ivanovic, who owns a losing record against the three-time US Open champion in the two times they have played. We will have to see what Ivanovic has to say about Williams’ level and if she agree with Azarenka’s statement.
This is quite the statement to make for a woman who has won 39 total titles in her career and a career Grand Slam.
The two have played six times since their first meeting at the 2008 Australian Open and Williams won five of those times. The only time, the Belarusian had the advantage was when she beat her on the hard-courts of Miami for the title but in my opinion she has played her enough times to make this call on her wellness of play but it could have also been provoked by the sadness of losing.
“(Serena’s) playing at the higher level than actually I've seen her play in a few years.” Azarenka commented after losing 6-1, 7-6(5) and confirmed to the press that she was playing at her highest yet later.
“I mean, tennis, I honestly don't think she can lose it. Winning, what, how many Grand Slams before that, she can't lose that, how to hit the ball or whatever. She just really came back strong mentally. I think those suffers also helped her a lot to maybe get a different perspective and seeing tennis in a different way.”
I told Williams what Azarenka said and asked her if she agree, this is what she said:
“I think in the first set I played some really good tennis. I think in the second set she played really, really good tennis. She kind of dictated and I allowed that. I probably could have played better in the second, but it's good to know that I some things I want to work on.”
Williams clearly shows the perfectionist side of her and she says that she hates to lose no matter what even after the dramatic health battles she endured over that past year.
She ended the conference saying, “I just hate losing. But I think sometimes when you lose it propels you to more wins. Like when I lost at Wimbledon, I was determined to do better. So it works.”
She proved that by winning 19 of the matches she has played in the last 12 months and losing only three. She fell out of the game due her injury being no. 1 in the World.
Next she will have expectedly easy fourth-round match-up against Ana Ivanovic, who owns a losing record against the three-time US Open champion in the two times they have played. We will have to see what Ivanovic has to say about Williams’ level and if she agree with Azarenka’s statement.
