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PertSnergleman's Review:
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It was only a few months before this match that Victoria Azarenka was considering quitting tennis, sick of never making it, of never breaking through.
With this memorable performance of power and maturity, she became a grand slam champion and the world No1.
The 22-year-old's demolition of Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final was as much a surprise as it was impressive. With three grand slam titles under her belt, it was expected that Sharapova would bring her experience to bear on the big occasion. But with her powerful game malfunctioning, Azarenka took advantage to record the biggest win of her career.
The match was billed as the battle of the screamers and the grunts reached 94.3 decibels according to the Whoo-ometer of local broadcaster Channel 7. But it was Azarenka who screamed last as another errant Sharapova backhand went astray.
Azarenka had won 11 straight matches, including a run to the Sydney International title, and reached her first Grand Slam final. Her previous best performance at a major was a semifinal loss to Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon last year.
Sharapova had all the experience, being in her sixth major final and having won three -- dating to her 2004 Wimbledon title. Each fresh, high-decibel grunt from the former Wimbledon champion seemed to become a more urgent plea for clemency. None was forthcoming.
It didn't unnerve the 22-year-old Azarenka, the first woman from Belarus to win a singles major. She's also the seventh different woman to win a Grand Slam since Francesca Schiavone won the 2010 French Open, and the fifth different winner in as many majors.
Azarenka became only the third woman to earn the No. 1 spot after winning her first major title, and the first woman from Belarus to do so.
In Azarenka, the women's game has acquired a maverick at the helm. She reduced Maria Sharapova's one-dimensional game to rubble.
A few days before this showcase final, Azarenka said: 'I used to be a mental case.'
And as she reacted to Sharapova's last dreadful shot of a calamitous night to forget, Azarenka gazed in the direction of her support team and asked with open-mouthed alarm: 'What happened, what just happened?'
What happened was that women's tennis had at last been freed from having to defend itself for having a world No 1 who had never won a major title.
After Caroline Wozniacki's barren run of 67 weeks at the summit of the game, Azarenka's emphatic triumph silenced all those who, justly, criticised a ranking system that lacked public credibility.
Relax and Enjoy!
PertSnerleman...
