Victoria Azarenka

V. AZARENKA/S. Williams 6-3, 6-1 Q. Congratulations. You looked like you were about to explode with excitement at the end. How do you feel now that you've had the chance to consider your first big title and beating the world No. 1? VICTORIA AZARENKA: Yeah, I was so happy. It was the biggest win of my career so far. I was just so happy to finish that match, because I was getting a little bit nervous in the end. Now it's like all energy went down and I'm a little bit calmer now. But it was a lot of excitement. Q What were you ... Read Full Story

V. AZARENKA/D. Safina 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 Q. You seemed pretty emotional after that victory? VICTORIA AZARENKA: Um, yeah, I mean, it's my first semifinal of such a big tournament, and I was just very happy, because it was a tough match. I was almost losing it, and I pulled it off, so I was just very happy because I was fighting from the first to the last moment. Q. Next up is your doubles partner. How are you going to head into that match? VICTORIA AZARENKA: Well, right now I'm actually not thinking about that. I'm only thinking about tomorrow's doubles. We're going to ... Read Full Story

Q. You seemed pretty emotional after that victory? VICTORIA AZARENKA: Um, yeah, I mean, it's my first semifinal of such a big tournament, and I was just very happy, because it was a tough match. I was almost losing it, and I pulled it off, so I was just very happy because I was fighting from the first to the last moment. Q. Next up is your doubles partner. How are you going to head into that match? VICTORIA AZARENKA: Well, right now I'm actually not thinking about that. I'm only thinking about tomorrow's doubles. We're going to have to play together, and hopefully ... Read Full Story

Victoria Azarenka Miami Sony Ericsson Open Interview - March 31 V. AZARENKA/S. Stosur 6-1, 6-0 Q. How does it feel to reach two premier semifinals in a row? VICTORIA AZARENKA: It feels great. I’ve been playing very well the last pretty much four weeks. I’m just very happy with the way I played, and I just want to keep going. Q. Did anything, any one thing in particular, work really well for you tonight? Obviously by the scoreline a lot of things worked well. But can you pinpoint one part of your game that really was on tonight? VICTORIA AZARENKA: I think was very ... Read Full Story

Victoria Azarenka is making all the right moves these days. After reaching the seminfinals at Indian Wells last week, the Belarusian lady baller went one better today in Miami upsetting 2006 champ Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to reach her first final at the Sony Ericsson Open . She'll face a very daunting task on Saturday, though, when she faces either 5-time defending champ Serena Williams or 3-time champ Venus Williams for her third, and biggest title, of her young career. Clearly Vika has a bright future but she'll need to notch her game up a few levels to compete with either of the ... Read Full Story