Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Belarusian tennis star Victoria Azarenka ends title drought by beating Sharapova in Stanford final

Victoria Azarenka (Viktoryya Azaranka) of Belarus on Sunday won her first tournament this year by beating former world number one Maria Sharapova in the final of the Stanford Classic in the United States, BelaPAN reports.

The world number 18, who turned 21 on July 31, defeated the Russian 6-4 6-1 in less than 90 minutes to clinch the fourth title in her career.

Ms. Azarenka beat, among others, France's Marion Bartoli and Australia's Samantha Stosur en-route to the final.

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