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Victoria Azarenka overcame some first set resistance by Yanina Wickmayer to beat the Belgian in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 in 1 hour and 44 minutes to move into the Third Round of the US Open.
Here me roar! #Azarenka converts her 1st break point of the match to get back on serve.
4 all in 1st set. #usopen pic.twitter.com/Eh9qAAsQS7 — US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 3, 2015
The first set took just under an hour with both players exchanging breaks regularly. With a total of 5 breaks coming in the set, it was Azarenka’s late resurgence that helped her take the first set.With a total of 11 winners, the 20th seed found her range in the latter part of the set with Wickmayer committing a number of errors (14 in all) to give away the set.
Rocking in Ashe! #Azarenka comes from behind to snag the first set 7-5.
#usopen pic.twitter.com/omp6O9ebKQ — US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 3, 2015