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Victoria Azarenka is anticipated to miss this year’s Wimbledon Championship as a result of the All England Club’s decision to ban players of Russian or Belarusian nationality. Amidst the geopolitical background of Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine, and under guidance provided by the British government, Wimbledon announced its ban last Wednesday in order to “limit […] READ MORE
Victoria Azarenka is looking to Wimbledon to rediscover her blistering form that saw her ranked @orld #1 in 2012. The Belarussian 29-year-old made a comeback in 2017 for two grass court events, including Wimbledon. She has found it tough, ever since. The World #42 is making some progress and has hinted at a return to […] READ MORE
Margins are a frustrating concept sometimes, especially for Aryna Sabalenka at the US Open 2018. In a tense/close 4th round match, Sabalenka out-performed eventual champion Naomi Osaka 27-18, in terms of winners hit. However, a 37-34 difference in unforced errors meant that the Belorussian Sabalenka let her Japanese opponent in. Aryna Sabalenka Gave Naomi Osaka […] READ MORE
Defending champion USA heads to Prague for the Federation Cup Final, November10 th-11th, 2018. The Czech Republic are understandably many people’s favourites to wrestle the crown from the USA. Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova are the highest ranked players at #5 and #7, respectively. Sloane Stephens (#8) is the only top ten player for the […] READ MORE
Last year, it was a hostile atmosphere in Romania; this year, it was a passionate Japanese venue that saw Great Britain fail to make Fed Cup World Group. A Great Opportunity to make World Group goes Begging for Britain On paper, with Johanna Konta cancelling out the threat of in-form Naomi Osaka and Heather Watson […] READ MORE
Promising Belorussian Aryna Sabalenka shows maturity beyond the fact that she only turns 20 years old next week. This time, she reached two finals in one day this week. Two Finals in one Week Bodes well for a good Clay Season for Sabalenka At the Samsung Open, on the Swiss clay in Lugano, Sabelenka made […] READ MORE
The 2018 edition of the Fed Cup begins Saturday with two singles matches across the four World Group ties. The draws for the matchups have been revealed and we take a look at how each set of contests should go: Fed Cup World Group Belarus vs Germany Match 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs Tatjana Maria Their styles couldn’t […] READ MORE
The Fed Cup is a unique and wonderful tournament. It provides some of the most open, exciting matches in the year, as well as giving the game’s future stars a platform from which to make their mark on the big stage. This weekend will see the return of this prestigious tournament, with ties set to […] READ MORE
A second round qualifying loss to China’s Liu Fangzhou at the Australian Open suggested that it might be a learning curve sort of a season for the 19-year-old Belorussian Aryna Sabalenka. They say, especially with raw and talented young player,s that you learn the most from defeats. This was definitely the case for the then […] READ MORE
The teams have been announced and all of the previous squad selection conjecture is mere history, as Belarus take on the USA in Minsk in the Fed Cup final on Saturday. Coco Vandeweghe, Shelby Rogers, and Alison Riske line up alongside the US Open Champion for the United States. On the other side, Aryna Sabalenka is joined […] READ MORE
