Victoria Azarenka won the all-Belarussian clash at the BNP Paribas Open against Sasnovich and she was rather content after the win.
The arrival of Victoria Azarenka in the desert was a very important one for the veteran. Her previous outings have been less than good and she was desperately looking for a good result. She found it here with another solid performance against her compatriot winning in 91 minutes. After the win she said:
"I thought it was a pretty solid performance overall. I felt that I was in control most of the times, which was kind of my goal today."
Azarenka was in control in both sets building up leads of 5-2 in each set before closing it out. At the end of the match she rushed a bit complicating things a bit for herself which she admitted post-match:
"I think that in the end, I rushed a little bit to finish the match on my serve. The next game I really played well. I think that was a quick turnaround so I'm happy with that."
Overall it was a good win which allows Azarenka to fight another day which is all one can hope for.