Victoria Azarenka calls the Wimbledon drama with Elina Svitolina AMAZING following her controversial send-off

Victoria Azarenka reflects on dramatic Wimbledon battle with Elina Svitolina.

Victoria Azarenka calls the Wimbledon drama with Elina Svitolina AMAZING following her controversial send-off

Victoria Azarenka and Elina Svitolina at Wimbledon (Credits: Wimbledon)

Almost a month after their amazing Wimbledon encounter, Victoria Azarenka reflected on the dramatic and immensely entertaining match against Elina Svitolina. In an exclusive interview with Tennis Channel during the Citi Open 2023, Azarenka revealed that, despite the difficult atmosphere at Wimbledon, she treasures the experience and looks forward to new beginnings.

The match between Azarenka and Svitolina gripped tennis fans across the world, as the two battled it out on the legendary grass court. In the interview, Azarenka called the match “incredible” and “very, very entertaining,” underlining the drama that developed during their battle.

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The event was marred by the ‘handshake controversy’ that took place after the match. Svitolina, hailing from Ukraine had announced previously that she will not shake hands with any Russian or Belarussian player considering the ongoing war. Azarenka, who is Belarussian respected her decision and did not go ahead to shake hands with her. But the Wimbledon crowd took her action out of context and booed Azarenka for disrespecting the Ukrainian.

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“Tennis is about two people coming and battling it out, and once the match is over, that’s it. We move on,” said Azarenka. This time as both the players were going to face each other again, the Citi Open Officials announced before the commencement of the match that there will be no handshake in the end.

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Elina Svitolina triumphs over Victoria Azarenka in first-round clash at Citi Open

Victoria Azarenka, Elina Svitolina
Victoria Azarenka, Elina Svitolina (Credit:- Wimbledon)

Elina Svitolina maintained her stunning comeback from maternity leave with a hard-fought 7-6(2), 6-4 victory against former World No.1 Victoria Azarenka at the Mubadala Citi DC Open. The first-round encounter displayed both players’ dedication and skill, but it was Svitolina who emerged victorious to advance to the second round of the WTA 500 event.

The match went on for one-hour and 47-minute Svitolina scored 11 consecutive points to take a 3-0 lead. Azarenka, on the other hand, fought back, collecting a love break to narrow the score to 3-1 and then took control of the set with five consecutive games. At 5-3, the Belarussian served for the set, but the pendulum swung back in Svitolina’s favor, and she won three games in a row.

Svitolina demonstrated her prowess in returning Azarenka’s first serve as the match went, attaining a remarkable 60 percent success rate in the second set. Azarenka fought valiantly, going 9-for-9 in returning Svitolina’s second serves, but her efforts were ultimately in vain. Svitolina sealed her triumph over two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka with a stunning forehand win down the line.

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