Melbourne: Victoria Azarenka has got maiden grand slam title at the Australian Open after crushing Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 and also jumped to the top of the world rankings.
Azarenka, playing in her first final in 25 Grand Slam tournaments, was broken in the opening game of the match by Sharapova and trailed 2-0 before taking advantage of 16 Sharapova unforced errors to win the first set in 46 minutes.
The 22-year-old Belarusian broke Sharapova’s service to open the second set and never looked threatened to clinch the title in 1 hour, 22 minutes.
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