User:Avatar5991/Azarenka–S. Williams rivalry
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The Azarenka–S. Williams rivalry is between tennis players Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Serena Williams of the United States of America, who are engaged in a modern day tennis rivalry. They have played each other twelve times with Serena Williams leading their head-to-head 11–1 and 7–0 in Grand Slam matches.[1] Serena Williams eventually won the championship in nine out of the eleven times she has defeated Victoria Azarenka.
The rivalry between these two players started to intensify in 2012, with five meetings between the pair that year. Early in the 2012 season though the rivalry was overshadowed by Victoria Azarenka's rivalries with Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwańska, however, since their meeting in the Madrid final Azarenka and Williams have played some exceptional matches during the year. Their most recent meeting was at the 2012 WTA Tour Championships with Serena Williams victorious 6–4, 6–4.
They had been due to meet in the semi-finals of the 2013 Brisbane International,[2] however Victoria Azarenka was forced to withdraw due to a toe injury.[3]