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Azarenka crowned Open queen, world No.1

Belarus's Victoria Azarenka swept imperiously to her first grand slam title and the world number one ranking Saturday when she demolished Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final.

The 22-year-old, playing her first major title match, made light of the occasion and her illustrious opponent as she hammered the Russian former champion 6-3, 6-0 in just 82 minutes.

Azarenka appeared on court in a yellow hoodie and listening to her MP3 player, and after being broken in the first game she was quickly into the rhythm of a match set to both players' notoriously loud shrieks.

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  • rex

    Discussion 1 : 29/01/2012 at 04:36 AM1

    The wailing banshees. I refuse to watch these screamers. I hope for the sake of tennis this absurd behavior is banned. These are tennis balls, not ben wah balls.
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