A walk in the park for the world no.1 with a little hurdle at the very end.
Vika was leading 6-3 5-0 and about to go for the kill. Until that moment she lost only 14 games in the whole tournament (4 matches)…then something got a bit wrong.
Shaking moment
“At 5-0 it felt like such a comfortable lead. I think I won seven games in a row at that point. But then Julia just went for her shots, and I kind of misjudged the situation,” Azarenka said.
“I felt like the match was already in my hands, but Julia is such an unpredictable player, and the momentum can turn around really quickly with her, and it did. I wasn’t really expecting to have such a change.”
So Vika had to stay put to win a couple of crucial point when Goerges was serving and the score was a shaking 30-all.
“I’m glad I stayed in the moment,” Azarenka said. “I did the right things at that moment to finish the match and I’m very happy I managed to win.”
Ready for Istanbul
Azarenka will have a week off before the final showdown in Istanbul
“I just want to rest a bit — it has been a long trip for me,” she said.
“I’m happy I have this week to recover, regroup and refocus to go for that last push.”
