The 31-years-old Belorussian played her first match in Flushing Meadows this year already on 22nd August. That's because the Western & Southern Open was moved to New York this year. Azarenka triumphed at the Western & Southern Open and continues her great run also at the US Open. She lost only 1 set in 9 matches and her next opponent will be Karolina Muchova. After the match against Swiatek, Azarenka said:

“I feel like sometimes this quick turnaround can work in your favor,” Azarenka said of playing Cincy and the US Open back-to-back. “I feel like a quick turnaround of this tournament being in one place, it's a pretty good advantage I would say for me. I'm playing a lot of matches, kind of getting better and better from one match to another."

“So I've been really happy that I've been able to play so many matches because that's where I feel like I can progress the most. I practiced a lot. I worked a lot on my game. But really to bring it up, I needed to play a lot of matches. This run, like continuous run, has been really good for me.”

“I want to say problem solving, I would rather say finding right answers because she came out playing incredible, like winners coming from all angles, from all sides,” Azarenka explained.

“I've never played against her. I haven't really seen much of her play... I was really surprised but in a really good way of how she plays. I think she's super talented. She has a beautiful game, very smart. She has unique movement of sliding and getting into that position. She can mix up her serve.

“She's only 19, so I really hope she's going to turn up her game. But I was really pleased with her attitude on the court, trying to find solutions, and very positive. I'm very impressed by her game.”

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