Victoria Azarenka struck Beatrice Haddad-Maia with a smash during their play against the duo of Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi. The US Open management uploaded a video of the moment to their official Instagram account.

Azarenka commented on the video: “Seeing the whole point makes it even worse, how?”

Azarenka also shared a recording of the incident on her Instagram account and captioned it: “I think Bia hasn’t missed a ball since this moment.”

Victoria Azarenka in 2023

Currently the world no.18, the Belarussian played her last match on the 30^th of August when she lost to world no.44 Lin Zhu 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open (draw).

Presently, during this year Azarenka owns an overall 20-16 match record. Victoria Azarenka’s best result of this year was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open.

Beatriz Haddad Maia in 2023

Now the world no.19, Beatriz played her last match on the 30^th

of August when she was overcome by world no.132 Taylor Townsend 7-6(1) 7-5 in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open (draw).

This season the Brazilian has achieved an overall 28-18 win-loss record. Beatriz Haddad Maia’s best result of this season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi and at the French Open.

Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia have never fought against each other.