While at the Australian Open 2012 a lot of people were trying to find out who is the boyfriend of Victoria Azarenka. Anyways, we have found that Victoria Azarenka’s boyfriend is Sergei Bubka. Sergei is a Ukrainian professional tennis player who is currently ranked 150th in the world. Ohh and did I mention that his dad is the world famous pole vaulter Sergey Bubka. Plus, his mother, Liliya, is a former rhythmic gymnast.
Victoria Azarenka has pulled out of the Fed Cup tie against the United States with a lower back injury. Azarenka stated:
It has been a while and I have been trying to take [the injury] day by day. I had the pain since the Australian Open and was hoping to recover, but did not have enough time with all the flying I did.
A lower back injury is very hard to prove even from a medical stand point, thus Im not too sure if its an injury or just a bit of a niggle which means she can have another week to relax a bit after her Australian Open win.
Victoria Azarenka had time after winning the Australian Open 2012 to fly to the USA just so she could do the chat show tour. Here is Victoria on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Victoria Azarenka is the new world number 1 and Australian Open 2012 womens singles champion!
Sharapova got an early 2-0 lead, but since then has struggled to win a game. Sharapova has just sat at the baseline and hit out for the whole match without success. Azarenka has been out hitting Sharapova from the baseline, but Sharapova has never even thought about changing her game plan.
Azarenka has been so pumped up throughout and claimed the title 6-3 6-0.
Kim Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka have made their way into the Australian Open 2012 semifinals. Azarenka has a close first set, but then turned up the head to win in three sets, 6-7, 6-0, 6-2 against Agnieszka Radwanska. While Kim Clijsters pushed past Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 7-6.
This now means we will have a new number 1 female player in the world after the Australian Open.
The Australian Open 2012 is the first Grand Slam of the year and it is going to be amazingly exciting. Six players on the womens side have the ability to finish the tournament with the World Number 1 ranking.
Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Sam Stosur and Agnieszka Radwanska could also take the top ranking, but the No. 2-ranked Kvitova is the favorite.
Caroline Wozniacki currently holds the top spot, but with her poor run in Grand Slams I doubt highly that she will be number 1 when the tournament ends.
Victoria Azarenka has just signed with Wilson. Azarenka seems very excited to be joining Wilson and Im sure she got a nice signing bonus to match.
I’m extremely excited to be changing to Wilson’s new Juice racket. The power and spin that I feel with this racket is insane and I look forward to seeing what I can do with it
After starting out the year ranked 34 in the world, Petra Kvitova turned everyone’s head when she won her maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon this year to former champion Maria Sharapova.
And after winning the Year-Ending Championships on her first try, not losing a single match en route to the final where she beat Victoria Azarenka; this young woman has certainly proved herself as the best of the year. Apart from these tremendous wins, she has also won 6 singles titles this year and has a record of 60-13 for the 2011 season. Not too long ago she won both her matches to help the Czech Republic win the Fed Cup and has by the end of the year catapulted herself to the number 2 ranking spot only behind Caroline Wozniacki.
Kvitova also won the Most Improved Player and Sportsmanship Award. Other winners include Sabine Lisicki of Germany for the Comeback Player of the Year and Irina-Camelia Begu for the Newcomer of the Year.
“This season has been simply a dream,” Kvitova said. ”It is an incredible honour to win the player of the year award and join the ranks of some of the best players that have ever played the sport, especially Martina Navratilova.” ”I will always cherish the 2011 season and look forward to building on it.”
Let’s see if Kvitova can have an even better year in 2012!
On a recent episode of “Tennisography” on the Tennis Channel, current world number 10 Victoria Azarenka was the featured tennis player that discussed her life story, and how she came about to holding a tennis racquet for the first time to being one of the top players on the women’s tour.
The entire episode can be seen below, and I hope you guys get inspired by this young lady and her desire to be the best at what she does.
Here is a great video from the Rogers Cup in Toronto. They caught up with the top female players in the world to see how they have been preparing for the event and how their holidays have been.
Players in the video: Francesca Schiavone, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova & Li Na.
Marina Erakovic has just had the best win of her young career. Marina Erakovic defeated Victoria Azarenka 4-6 7-5 6-2.
This is Erakovic’s first win over anyone in the top 20. Its great to see a young Kiwi doing so well and Im looking forward to seeing if she can backup this result.
“Coming in I knew I had to be the aggressor and try to dictate the pace,” Erakovic said. “I knew the court and I felt like I was hitting the ball well.”
Andrea Petkovic uploaded the video with this message:
“This is what the species of pro tennis players does when it rains in Wimbledon and they don’t know what to do with their life. Starring Novak Djokovic, Viktoria Azarenka and myself, Petkorazzi. Somwhere you will find Ivo Karlovic who is trying to be professional by exercising something. Enjoy!”
Rafael Nadal is playing some great tennis when it matters. Nadal swept aside Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets 7-5 6-3 6-3. Additionally, Robin Soderling performed very well today and knocked out Gilles Simon in straight sets 6-2 6-3 7-6. That now setups a Soderling and Nadal quarterfinal! Im really looking forward to seeing if Soderling can knock out Nadal yet again.
In the other two match Juan Ignacio Chela defeated Alejandro Falla 4-6 6-2 1-6 7-6 6-2, while Gael Monfils defeated David Ferrer 6-4 2-6 7-5 1-6 8-6.
Womens Singles:
Sharapova seems to be continuing her run with a 7-6 7-5 win over Agnieszka Radwanska. There were other strong results from Victoria Azarenka, Andrea Petkovic and Na Li.
Its amazing to see Na Li performing amazingly well after a layoff from tennis.
The Tennis Channel have put together a great little segment called bag check. Here is a bit of an old video of Victoria Azarenka, but we thought it was appropriate as she is one to watch going into the French Open this year.
Victoria Azarenka has run over Maria Sharapova in the final of the WTA Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Saturday. Victoria defeated Sharapova 6-1 6-4 in a relatively one sided final.
Azarenka was leading 6-1, 4-0 before Sharapova held serve for the first and only time. Sharapova then broke Azarenka’s serve twice to bring it up to 4-5, giving a little glimpse of hope. But Azarenka closed it out at 6-4.
It seems that Sharapova is still yet to get over her serving troubles, only holding serve once in the final. It is near impossible to win if you cant continually hold your own service games.
Most professional tennis players spend more time on planes than anyone else. Recently in Dubai, Victoria Azarenka took that flying experience to another level. Azarenka jumped in an Emirates A380 simulator at the Emirates Training College.
