{"id":280007,"date":"2023-01-22T15:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/22\/azarenka-fights-her-way-into-australian-open-quarters-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:53:29","slug":"azarenka-fights-her-way-into-australian-open-quarters-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/22\/azarenka-fights-her-way-into-australian-open-quarters-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Azarenka fights her way into Australian Open quarters | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-97231897,imgsize-28074.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>MELBOURNE: Two-time <!-- -->Australian Open<!-- --> champion <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/victoria-azarenka\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_victoria-azarenka\" frmappuse=\"1\">Victoria Azarenka<\/a> reached the quarter-finals at 2:17 am on Monday after winning a bruising late-night encounter against China&#8217;s <!-- -->Zhu Lin<!-- -->.<br \/>The 24th-seeded Belarusian won 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and will play <!-- -->Jessica Pegula<!-- --> of the United States, the highest remaining women&#8217;s seed left in the draw at three.<br \/>Tournament organisers were widely criticised days ago when Andy Murray and home player <!-- -->Thanasi Kokkinakis<!-- --> did battle until 4:05 am.<br \/>The match between Azarenka and unseeded Zhu started late at Rod Laver Arena because the preceding encounter between Stefanos Tsitsipas and <!-- -->Jannik Sinner<!-- --> went to five sets.<br \/>It turned out to be a gruelling clash, which started late on Sunday and concluded in the early hours of Monday, in front of what was a nearly empty stadium by that time.<br \/>&#8220;It was two hours and 40 minutes of complete pressure,&#8221; the 33-year-old Azarenka said afterwards.<br \/>Asked what time she would get to bed, she replied: &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what time it is.<br \/>&#8220;Probably I&#8217;ll be up till 6:00 am, then mask on and sleep during the day.&#8221;<br \/>After winning a set each, Zhu and Azarenka went into the deciding third and proceeded to exchange breaks to 3-3.<br \/>Both players were smacking some thunderous ground strokes and the 28-year-old Zhu finally held serve for 4-3 to put her within sight of the last eight.<br \/>The 2012 and 2013 Australian Open champion Azarenka then held to level at 4-4, and broke her opponent for 5-4 when Zhu fired her return into the net.<br \/>Azarenka sensed victory and dug herself out of a hole when facing two break points.<br \/>She sealed the deal on the first match point with a searing two-handed crosscourt backhand.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n         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