19 year old Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Serena Williams to win her first Sony Ericsson Open title yesterday in Miami. Serena was injured and not completely on top of her game. Azarenka took the match in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

This would have been Serena’s sixth victory in Miami, as well as the chance to break Steffi Graf’s record of 5 singles titles at this tournament. She barely missed the record! Man, that’s got to hurt a little. It sounds like Serena wasn’t too hard on herself about the match. She was injured after all.
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 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Marion Bartoli of France in the women’s final of the Brisbane International on January 10, 2009. Azarenka won the match 6-3, 6-1.
This was Azarenka’s first tournament win on the WTA tour. The 19-year old has finished runner-up in her last four finals. Pictures from her winning match are below.