Azarenka fighting to get fit
28 Dec 2013 5:58 AM IST
“Last year I had some difficulties but now I am working hard to keep up my fitness,” the Belarusian 24-year-old said before the exhibition match.
Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion who ended 2013 with just three titles, said she was hoping for a victory in the Land of Smiles to bring her good luck again in Melbourne. “I won this exhibition match for two consecutive years and went on to win the Australian Open which is very good,” she told reporters in the seaside resort of Hua Hin. The two players, who were also due to hit the catwalk for a special fashion show, appeared unfazed by recent deadly political violence which has shaken the capital Bangkok.
Asked about the unrest, Azarenka said: “I came here to play tennis and I only wanted to focus on tennis. I wanted to make the people happy and entertain them.”
Williams, 32, ended 2013 with 11 titles while triumphs at the French and US Opens took her Grand Slam haul to 17. She enjoyed a match record of 78 wins against just four defeats, claimed the season-ending WTA C’ships.
Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion who ended 2013 with just three titles, said she was hoping for a victory in the Land of Smiles to bring her good luck again in Melbourne. “I won this exhibition match for two consecutive years and went on to win the Australian Open which is very good,” she told reporters in the seaside resort of Hua Hin. The two players, who were also due to hit the catwalk for a special fashion show, appeared unfazed by recent deadly political violence which has shaken the capital Bangkok.
Asked about the unrest, Azarenka said: “I came here to play tennis and I only wanted to focus on tennis. I wanted to make the people happy and entertain them.”
Williams, 32, ended 2013 with 11 titles while triumphs at the French and US Opens took her Grand Slam haul to 17. She enjoyed a match record of 78 wins against just four defeats, claimed the season-ending WTA C’ships.
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