Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 10:00 am , filed under Australian Open by Dan Jessel
In the women’s 2012 Australian Open, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka have defeated their opponents in order to advance into the finals of the season opening grand slam tournament in Melbourne.
The opening match between the Belarus world No.3, Victoria Azarenka and Defending champion, Kim Clijsters have clashed in their semifinals encounter on Thursday, as the Belarus player has knocked out 2011 Australian Open champion, Kim Clijsters in thrilling three set encounter with a score line of 6-4 1-6 6-3 to cruise into the finals of the 2012 Australian Open.
After a fighting 2 hours and 12 minutes, the defending champion and come back player in 2012, Clijsters has given-up to Belarus player, Victoria Azarena to reach the finals of the Australian Open.
Meanwhile, world No.4, Maria Sharapova has stunned the Czech top seed, Petra Kvitova in the electrifying semifinals encounter with a score line of 6-2 3-6 6-4 to advance into the finals of the 2012 Australian Open.
Top seeds at Australian Open, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova will be battling for the title match on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
Kvitova fought well till the last game of the match, where she looked out of sorts and gave into situational pressure – Sharapova pounced upon the opportunity to claim her place in the title match.
Tags: 2012 Australian Open, Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka
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Sharapova ”gave” the whole thing away. Is there any hope left? Not sure yet, she is 100% out of the loop and the whole burden is on her shoulders. Big shame indeed