Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams have shared the court and played for the big titles many times. Unfortunately, it seems plausible that they are also going to retire in the same year and that may happen in a few weeks.
Serena Williams has already announced her imminent retirement with a long statement in the Vogue magazine. At 33 years of age, Vika may be ready to follow the American sensation soon after she posted a cryptic message on Twitter, alarming her fans by saying:
“Announcement tomorrow”
Viak has 1 son, Leo, who is 5. She has already won 2 slams in her career and she became world no.1 back in January 2012. She won 21 titles.
Announcement tomorrow 📣 …
— victoria azarenka (@vika7) August 21, 2022
Victoria Azarenka in 2022
LLWWLWWLWW Ranked world no.22, Azarenka played her last match on the 17th of August when she was defeated by world no.13 Emma Raducanu 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati (draw).
This season the Belarussian owns a composed 17-10 match record.
Azarenka will play next in U.S. Open (U.S. Open). She will start the tournament from the main draw on the 29th of August.
Serena Williams in 2022
Now the world no.612, the American played her last match on the 16th of August when she capitulated to world no.13 Emma Raducanu 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in Cincinnati (draw).
This season the American achieved a composed 1-3 record.
Serena Williams will compete next in U.S. Open (U.S. Open). She will start from the main draw on the 29th of August using a special ranking.
Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams faced off 23 times. Their actual record is 18-5 for Williams. The last time they squared off, Victoria Azarenka won 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2020.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
