Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka shines in comeback win over Keys

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.

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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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