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*Vika Azarenka Cheering Thread* - Vikalume 4.

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Go Vika!!:bounce:
 
#222 ·
Interesting flat first serves. (too many df:s though). Other than that not much to say about that match.

Perhaps a bit controversial, but anyone know why they play these matches? They dont get much time for rest and training during a year. Wouldn't the fans gain more from them sharpening their skills before the next season.

They get a lot of money i bet, but i just think in the long run it would benefit a player more to only rest and train during the off season.

Still nice to see Vika having fun.
 
#225 ·
Here's hoping their relationship simply had runs its course. I mean do we know how long they've been together? Relationships when one is in their early 20s, such a huge transitional age, can be very tumultuous.
 
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She was hitting upper 160 kmh with regularity.
She really needs to sustain that hopefully for all 2013... her serve was only good for grass this year and early 2012 when she was able to sustain good aggressive serving. Obviously it was the year where she had really started all this fine-tuning trying to get the correct assonance however I expect after all these pains more stability and also clear evolution in that department, hopefully [...]

Anyways, she will take another notch in 2013, 2012 was just a discovery year for the many potentials that she has and how they could have been used for a whole season at high level -- additionally a milestone to be a candidate to the 'all-time greatness' thing... she's progressed physically so much, I'm intrigued what new development she will bring for this new coming year.
 
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#244 ·
Group 3 results
1. (1) Azarenka, Victoria- 65
2. (8) Kvitova, Petra- 63
3. Williams, Venus- 60
4. Safarova, Lucie- 49
5. Kirilenko, Maria- 43

6. Jankovic, Jelena- 41
7. Paszek, Tamira- 38
8. Pironkova, Tsvetana- 38
9. Hlavackova, Andrea- 37
10. Vesnina, Elena- 30

Azarenka, Kvitova, Venus, Safarova and Kirlenko advance to the Semi Finals
Vika got 65 votes in the Quarter Finals, hopefully we could get at least the same result in the Semi Finals...:yeah:
 
#245 ·
Robin Fenlon ‏@robinfenlon
“@gunz_in_the_air: @robinfenlon hi! when will we see a new video about sweety @vika7?” Next week!!

:cheer:
 
#251 ·
No.2 in the poll is a biathlete Darya Domracheva, and for instance in Germany a biathlete Magdalena Neuner had twice as many votes for the award as tennis player Angelique Kerber in second place. In Finnish sporting news Domracheva is mentioned quite often, because she is one of the main rivals to Kaisa Mäkäräinen, a Finnish biathlete. But Vika should win this one!
http://www.dw.de/german-athletes-of-the-year-neuner-harting-mens-eight/a-16458419
 
#255 ·
Cronin's article on Vika.

TR Year-End Top 50: The Women, Nos. 1-5
December 19, 2012 By Matthew Cronin

1.Victoria Azarenka
Without question, 2012 was the Belarussian’s best season to date as she grew up, became less emotional on court, a more sure-handed volleyer and more clear- headed player. When it comes to pure ball striking from inside the baseline, she’s right there with anyone, including Serena, who owned her all season long.
But where she can’t touch Williams is in the service department, and she does return first serves that well even though she can scald second service returns. She also does not have Williams supreme confidence in meaningful matches against super elite players..like..well…Serena.
But maybe, just maybe after she nearly bested Williams in a terrific US Open final she’ll come into Melbourne thinking she has a real chance against her and actually pull off the win. But she may have to get to through Sharapova first and while she proven herself to be a better outdoor hard-court player than Maria was in 2012, she did take two losses to the Russian (both indoors) and the four-time Slam champ isn’t exactly scared of her.
The 23 year old was hands down the best player of her good generation this year, leading Radwanska, Kvitova, Wozniacki in her year view mirror (although Cibulkova did shock her at Roland Garros). But Caro has ways played her tough, she didn’t get a chance to show Kvitova – who owns a winning record against Azarenka – her much improved self, and she has really gotten into Radwanska head and game.
All those players will take a run at her next year and it will be fascinating to see if Vika can stay composed, continue to improve, win another major or two and finish the year at No. 1 again. I suspect that Azarenka will be in the fight, but she’ll spend part of the year battling not only her rivals, but herself and her critics too.
http://tinyurl.com/brwhn4h
 
#259 ·
She looks cute, but using this kind of photo as official mugshot on the WTA site is not really appropriate.

If they *really* wanted to go down the "goofy" route, the picture in your avatar would have made a better choice. ;)

But seriously, looking at some of these profile pics (e.g. Giorgi :tape:) it's hard to imagine they are chosen or approved by the player or their agent.
 
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