Serena Williams Wins Brisbane International, Now Ready for Australian Open [VIDEO] : TENNIS : Sports World News

World primary Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday to defend her title on the Brisbane Worldwide and ship a sign to her opponents on her readiness for this month’s Australian Open.

Williams prolonged her profitable streak to 22 matches with the emphatic win over the reigning Australian Open champion, making it back-to-back victories over two of her major rivals. Earlier within the semifinals, she beat four-time main winner Maria Sharapova in straight units to win her 14^th straight match towards the stated rival.

She improved to 14-3 towards Azarenka, the final individual to beat her final 12 months. Extra importantly for the world primary, the match win ready her for the Australian Open.

“It was a terrific check. It confirmed me the place my stage was,” Williams stated as quoted by USA Today. “I am completely happy I used to be capable of play each Maria and Victoria, as a result of they introduced their A video games towards me. I do know now what I must do for Melbourne – I stay up for it.”

The primary main of the 12 months begins on January 14 and Williams is clearly the favourite to say her sixth Australian title after her spectacular exhibiting within the Brisbane Worldwide that featured six of the highest 10 girls tens gamers on this planet.

For her half, Azarenka stated she hopes to face Williams once more in Melbourne. As a result of they’re the highest two ranked gamers, they’ll solely meet within the closing.

“I can not say I am happy as we speak, however I wish to take the optimistic, what I’ve accomplished as we speak, and construct from right here in direction of the subsequent week,” Azarenka stated. “That is the primary week the place you actually check your self the place your sport is at, and from right here you may take the positives and the issues that it’s a must to work on and actually go after that.”

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