Azarenka Claims Number One Ranking Never Came Up During Li Match

Written by: Staff on 28th January 2013

Azarenka Claims Number One Ranking Never Came Up During Li Match

epa03556100 Victoria Azarenka reacts during the women's final between Li Na of China and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 26 January 2013. EPA/Barbara Walton |

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.”

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