Australian Open: Comeback Queen Victoria Azarenka Wins Grudge Match

Victoria Azarenka, ranked just 44 going into the season-opening Grand Slam after an injury-marred 2014, showed why she is regarded as the most dangerous unseeded player at the tournament as she downed Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Open.

Azarenka in action during her round 1 Australian Open match© AFP

Melbourne:

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka stormed through her grudge match with American Sloane Stephens on Tuesday to reach the second round at Melbourne Park.

Azarenka, ranked just 44 going into the season-opening Grand Slam after an injury-marred 2014, showed why she is regarded as the most dangerous unseeded player at the tournament as she downed Stephens 6-3, 6-2.

The Belarusian, who controversially defeated Stephens in the 2013 Australian Open semi-final with the help of a lengthy medical timeout, faces a potentially tricky second round encounter with either eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki or American Taylor Townsend.

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