Fiodorovna Azarenka, also known as Victoria Azarenka Russian: born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 4, which she achieved on May 9, 2011. Her current ranking is World No. 5. She lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinal 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–2 giving up a 4–0 lead in the second set. This was the third consecutive year she has lost to Williams at this tournament. Seeded 4th at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, on her way to the final, she defeated Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals and Agnieszka Radwańska in the semifinals. In the final she lost to defending champion Venus Williams 6–3, 7–5.
At the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, she was seeded 3rd, but was upset in the 3rd round by María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(4), 6–2.
At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, where she was the defending champion and 4th seed, she lost in 4th round to 14th seed, and eventual champion Kim Clijsters. This is the fourth match in the five tournaments this year that Azarenka lost to eventual champions. Despite being the favourite to win the Mercury Insurance Open Azarenka withdrew to recover from a right shoulder injury. Seeded ninth at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, Azarenka lost to Ana Ivanović 2–6 7–6 6–2 despite serving for the match twice in the second set. However she won the doubles title partnering with Maria Kirilenko defeating Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs 7–6(4), 7–6(8).
At the US Open, during the second round against Gisela Dulko and whilst trailing 5–1, Azarenka collapsed on court. There were concerns that the cause of the fall was heat related. Azarenka was taken to a local hospital for treatment, and was diagnosed with a concussion after hitting her head whilst warming up before the match during a sprint exercise.
At the Toray Pan Pacific Open, she lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals 6–2, (3)6–7, 6–4. At the China Open (tennis)
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Azarenka then travelled to Israel to compete in Fed Cup. They beat Croatia, Austria and Greece in the group stage without losing a match. The Belarusian team then defeated Poland 2–0 to qualify for the World Group II Play-Offs in April where they will play Estonia.
Azarenka's next tournament was the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships where she was seeded 7th. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in the third round. Azarenka then competed at the 2011 Qatar Ladies Open as the sixth seed but lost to Daniela Hantuchova in the first round in three sets, 6–4, 1–6, 2–6.
Azarenka's next event was the 2011 BNP Paribas Open where she competed as the eighth seed. She retired in the quarterfinals against World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki whilst trailing 3–0, due to a left leg injury. She also became the second person to defeat both Radwańska sisters in the same tournament.
Azarenka then competed at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open as the eighth seed. Azarenka was seeded number four. She lost in the final in straight sets to Petra Kvitová, but still rose to a career high World No. 4. Azarenka then reached the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, where she was up a set before retiring to eventual champion Maria Sharapova.
Azarenka was the 4th seed at the 2011 French Open. She beat Andrea Hlavackova in the first round, Pauline Parmentier in the second round, 30th seed Roberta Vinci in the third round and Ekaterina Makarova in the fourth round to reach her fourth career Grand Slam quarterfinal.
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