Tennis, Victoria Azarenka | featured news

Serena Williams’s inactivity over the past 12 months meant she entered the Open as the 28th seed, which produced an early meeting with the fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka.

Australian Open runner-up Li Na reached the quarterfinals of the French Open with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over Petra Kvitova on Monday and became the first Chinese player to advance that far at the clay-court Grand Slam. Li has reached the quarterfinals at all four major tournaments and will next play either Victoria Azarenka or Ekaterina Makarova.

One woman's exit from the U.S. Open was jarring and sudden. Another's came off as sad and not all that surprising. Victoria Azarenka and Melanie Oudin said goodbye to Flushing Meadows in starkly different manners Wednesday - Azarenka, a concussion victim collapsing on the overheated court and Oudin a straight-set loser to a player who cared little about the 18-year-old's dreams of a fairy tale repeat.

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus showed signs of dizziness earlier in her match at the U.S. Open.

Venus Williams has successfully defended her Dubai Championships title by beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 7-5.

Top seed Dinara Safina survives a stern test from Belarus teenager Victoria Azarenka to reach the semi-finals of the French Open with a 1-6 6-4 6-2 win.