Victoria Azarenka held off a possible takeover at the top of women’s tennis from absent Serena Williams by winning her second Australian Open title with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over China’s Li Na.
But the Belarus winner insists that the thought of her fragile ranking didn’t enter her mind.
“I never thought about that, I never thought about the number one ranking,”said the woman whose title guaranteed her the top spot for the immediate future.
“The pressure was there, but I like the pressure, it’s interesting. It pushes you to be better. You can take it different way. You can take it negative and try to think negative.
“But I take it as a positive, something that will push me forward to improve, to get better, and the outcome is out of my hands. I just have to be really focused on what I do, very honest with what I do, and that’s it.”
©Daily Tennis News Wire
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