Former champion Victoria Azarenka moves on at the Australian Open as she defeated Madison Keys after losing the first set 1-6 6-2 6-1.
It was a match with an interesting scoreline as Madison Keys came out on fire beating Azarenka 6-1. The American player was pretty spectacular to start the match as she had 14 winners to only 8 unforced errors. She was attacking with a lot of power and Azarenka could not handle it well. She misfired far too often with 7 unforced ones and three double faults.
That changed in the second set as Azarenka took an early 3-1 lead. She lost her serve immediately after breaking making it 3-2 but used another break point to make it 4-2 and from there she cruised to a 6-2 finish. Keys lost all her confidence in striking the ball and the errors quickly piled up. She posted 14 of them in the second set.
The final set was an utter thrashing by Azarenka as she won 6-1. Keys was unable to hit anything commiting 17 unforced errors. A great win for Azarenka, her 45th in Melbourne Park in her career. She moves on hoping for a 3rd trophy at the first major of the year.
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