Different luck for the actual and the former world nr.1
Azarenka is as strong and confident as ever crashing her opponent with a clearly superior tennis.
“Well, you cannot never say the match was easy, you know, because no matter the score is, you still have to put a lot of effort,” said Azarenka. “And to win easy sometimes takes more effort than, you know, you probably would have stayed there for a longer period of time.
“So I’m just happy the way I played. I take it match by match. We’ll see tomorrow.”
Joking about the fact that the Australian Open victory was an ‘extra baggage’, she said “I always travel with excess baggage. I mean, as I said, it’s really just a number, you know.
“It’s a great feeling to have, but I have so many more goals that I would like to achieve, and I just want to keep working hard and keep improving, because I feel like there shouldn’t be really a limit, you know, how much you can push yourself. So that’s what I’m trying to do.”
Life was not as easy for Wozniacki that lost a really incredible math with Safavora.
“I just want to get out of here (the press conference room). You don’t want to stay when you lose a match like that,” said Wozniacki.
“It’s really disappointing but you have to move on,”
“Unless you win the final point, the match is not over,” said Safarova. “I just wanted to keep fighting. It feels absolutely amazing,” added the 25-year-old, who has won four titles on the WTA Tour.
“I was trying to be aggressive into her forehand, which is a little bit weaker side, I think,” commented Safarova. “And being patient. When I got a little bit weaker ball, trying to attack it and staying tough in the game.
“It’s good to have a match in bag winning on the tournament because each tournament is a little bit different, different surface and everything around.”
