Victoria Azarenka retained her Australian Open title with a tense 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory over China's Li Na, who suffered a sickening ankle injury in the second set and hit her head in the third when she twisted the joint for a second time.
World number one Victoria Azarenka pulled out of the Pan Pacific Open citing chronic fatigue while Maria Sharapova was stunned by Samantha Stosur as the event lost its top two seeds.
Victoria Azarenka will end the year as world number one after the Belarussian beat China's Li Na 7-6 6-3 at the season-ending WTA Championships on Friday
Victoria Azarenka goes into her Brisbane International semi-final against Serena Williams on Friday believing that selfishness is the key to ending four years of disappointment against her nemesis.
Women’s top seed Victoria Azarenka wailed her way to a semi-final against Wimbledon champion Serena Williams after overcoming Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4 7-5 under the Centre Court roof.
Victoria Azarenka survived a ferocious comeback from defending champion Sam Stosur to reach the US Open semi-finals, as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac played havoc with the schedule and left organisers juggling with a backlog.
Maria Sharapova pushed the envelope on winning ugly to squeak past British qualifier Heather Watson 6-7 6-3 6-4 and reach the last 16 of the Pan Pacific Open.
World number one Victoria Azarenka suffered a blow to her French Open preparations when she was forced to pull out of the Italian Open with a right shoulder injury.
Roger Federer's bid for a record 17th major tennis title began with another landmark today, when he won his 233rd match at a grand slam event, equalling the achievement of Jimmy Connors.
Victoria Azarenka was knocked out of the French Open fourth round and could now lose her world number one ranking.
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated an error-plagued Russian Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4 to win the Sony Ericsson Open for the second time in three years.
World number one Victoria Azarenka stretched her unbeaten run to 24 matches this year with another easy win in her first appearance at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams will square off for the Madrid Open title after the current and former world number ones swept into the final with a minimum of fuss today.