Go Vika!!
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 [...]She was hitting upper 160 kmh with regularity.
Vika got 65 votes in the Quarter Finals, hopefully we could get at least the same result in the Semi Finals...:yeah: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
http://tinyurl.com/brwhn4hTR 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.