Will AO final serve as Paris predictor?
Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka will battle in the French Open semis just as they did in the Australian Open 2012 final, a match you can re-live in the AOTV Vault.
Melbourne, Australia, 6 June 2013 | australianopen.com
Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka will do battle in the French Open semifinals (tonight AEST), just as they did in the final at Australian Open 2012.
You can re-live that Grand Slam decider in the AOTV Vault, a match that saw Azarenka crowned as a major champion for the first time in her career.
> watch the full match in the AOTV Vault
Both Sharapova and Azarenka has arrived in the final following thrilling wins in a pair of terrific women’s semifinals – Azarenka had ousted sentimental favourite Kim Clijsters in three sets before Sharapova pipped the big-hitting Petra Kvitova, 6-4 in the third.
When they arrived for the Saturday night final, Sharapova looked sharp in the early stages of the match while Azarenka struggled, the nerves of the big occasion – her first ever Grand Slam final – clearly a factor.
But as the Belarussian settled, her game flowed.
And as the match unfolds in the AOTV Vault, you can see how the soon-to-be-anointed world No.1 stormed to an impressive straight-set victory.