DOHA, Qatar – Victoria Azarenka fought back to defeat Venus Williams at the Qatar Total Open on Friday and reach her first WTA final in over a year.
When Williams took a one-sided first set, it looked like Azarenka’s 13-match winning streak at the Khalifa Tennis Complex was coming to an end. However, Azarenka turned the match on its head to triumph, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, and book a place in her first final since Brisbane in January 2014.
In the final, she will face another unseeded player, Lucie Safarova, who earlier on brushed aside Carla Suárez Navarro, 6-3, 6-2. Azarenka has won the title on her past two visits to Doha, but is taking nothing for granted in the final.
victoria Azarenka tuvo que remontar un primer set adverso para superar a Venus Williams y avanzar a la final del Qatar Total Open, su primera final en mas de un año…
Al ver el primer set parecia que el invicto en 13 partidos de Azarenka llegaria a su final, pero l preclasficada Uno, le dio vuelta yse impuso con parciales de 2-6, 6-2 y 6-4, para llegar a su primera final desde Brisbane en enero del 2014…
En la final se enfrentara a Lucie Safarova quien dejo en el camino a Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 y 6-2. Azarenka ha ganado titulos en sus ultimas dos visitas a Doha, pero no tiene nada grantizado en esta final.