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Azarenka disconsolate after shock defeat

World number two suffers 6-4, 6-3 loss to Jankovic at WTA Championships.

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Serena cruised to her second straight sets win in an hour and 20 minutes, beating Agnieszka Radwanska. PHOTO: REUTERS

ISTANBUL: Victoria Azarenka implied her season was all but over after a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Jelena Jankovic on delivered a significant blow to her chances of making a challenge for Serena Williams’ title at the WTA Championships.

However, Azarenka’s words were almost as much of a surprise as her first defeat in four years to the seventh-seeded former world number one, as she only needs to win her remaining group match to be almost sure of qualifying for tomorrow’s semi-finals.

“There were a lot of things I didn’t do well, so to find just one will make it really difficult,” she said.

“There were a lot of mistakes — it was just so inconsistent.”

Azarenka then suggested she had all but given up on the title here.

“I have one more match, so, you know, for me, it’s just going to be about that.”

By contrast, Serena cruised to her second straight sets win in an hour and 20 minutes, beating Agnieszka Radwanska.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 25^th, 2013.

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