Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka in Madrid Open 2012- Video Highlights

Watch Sunday's final highlights from the Mutua Madrid Open, featuring Serena Williams defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 and capturing her 1st Madrid Open title of her career.

The American, No. 9 in the WTA Tour rankings, beat Belarus’s Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 to collect a second straight clay- court title after winning in Charleston last month.

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Serena Williams reflects on winning her 41st carrer WTA singles title at the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday after defeating World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka.

Sharapova vs Azarenka- Australian Open 2012 Finals

Watch Maria Sharapova vs Victoria Azarenka battle for Australian Open 2012 Finals.

Victoria Azarenka has defeated defending champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 on Thursday to move into the Australian Open final to be held on Saturday night. This will mark the Belarusian’s first major final. She’ll play the winner of the Maria Sharapova who defeated Petra Kvitova in the other semifinal 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

While, Maria Sharapova has made the Australian Open final for the first time since she won it in 2008 by defeating Petra Kvitova 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

With a victory on Saturday night, Sharapova can rise to the No. ranking again next week. Sharapova will be playing Victoria Azarenka for the title on Saturday night. Azarenka knocked out defending champion Kim Clijsters in three sets.

Kim Clijsters vs Victoria Azarenka- Australian Open 2012 Semi-Finals

Watch Kim Clijsters vs Victoria Azarenka- Australian open 2012 Semi-Finals. Kim leads their head to head, 4-2.

Defending Australian Open women's champion KimClijsters will face third seed Victoria Azarenka who defeated Agnieszka Radwanska, for a spot in the Women’s final.

Cjisters thoughts on playing Azarenka,“Tough player. Tough match. She’s playing extremely well, playing with a lot of confidence, and, you know, she’s gonna be a completely different match than what I was up against today. Takes a lot more initiative.

“You know, hits a lot down the middle of the court, deep, hard.

“So it’s gonna be very important to be dominant. You know, she’s improved a lot on her fitness and her movement, which was definitely a weakness in the past. She’s worked on that, so she’s becoming a more and more complete player.

“So it will be tough. I’ll have to play some of my best tennis to try and beat her”

Head-to-Head matches
12/2011 WTA Miami (USA) Hard Victoria Azarenka Kim Clijsters 6-3 6-3 1/4 2.98 - 1.38 $
2/2011 WTA Sydney (AUS) Hard Kim Clijsters Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-2 1/4 1.38 - 3
43/2010 WTA Doha (QAT) Hard Kim Clijsters Victoria Azarenka 6-4 5-7 6-1 Robin 1.48 - 2.63
24/2010 WTA Eastbourne (GBR) Grass Victoria Azarenka Kim Clijsters 7-6(6) 6-4 1/4 3.06 - 1.37 $
12/2010 WTA Miami (USA) Hard Kim Clijsters Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-0 Fourth 1.6 - 2.31
33/2009 WTA Toronto (CAN) Hard Kim Clijsters Victoria Azarenka 7-5 4-6 6-1 Second 1.68 - 2.16

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