Azarenka advances to Italian Open 1/8 final

The first round ended in a tie and then the World No. 3 defeated German Julia Görges on May 15 - 6:2, 6:0.

Japanese Ayumi Morita will be Azarenka’s next rival.

Another Belarusian player, Volha Havartsova, and American Megan Moulton-Levi have not managed to make it to the doubles quarter-final. They were defeated by Russian Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasiya Rodionova from Australia – 6:2, 4:6, 7:10 (tie-break).