Australian start 2019: sad ex- champion Victoria Azarenka strong-minded To aim Slump

A despondent Victoria Azarenka has vowed to combat her path out of a career-threatening fall and evoke the outward appearance that delivered her two Australian candid titles. The ex- humankind add up to one was dumped from the season-opening great condemn in a gut-wrenching bereavement to little-known German Laura Siegemund late Tuesday after throwing away a one-set lead. Azarenka, 29, wiped gone tears as she contemplated the tough fight in the future to proceeds to the maximum after dropping down the rankings next the birth of young man Leo and a nasty confinement campaign afterwards.

"I've had injuries before but I've by no means had slumps before in language of results," alleged the Belarusian, who is at present ranked 58 in the world.


"It's not relaxed to sit down at this time and be conclusive but I don't give a choice."



Azarenka held she maintained a burning hope to profit to the sport elite and understood strict opus was the simply manner to pick up there.

But the frustrated earlier star was at a pasting to enlighten the 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-2 harm to Siegmund, her most awful occurrence at Melbourne recreational area since a first-round exit on her first appearance in 2006.


"It was dreadfully palpable that my game was not there," she said.

"It's not departure to ban me, after today. No issue how to a great extent it hurts, I hold to hear from it. I've not at all truly academic how to struggle before subsequently perhaps it's a lesson, but it's disappointing."