Victoria Azaranka experiences first defeat in season

At night on March 29, Azaranka lost to French Marion Bartoli for 1 hour 38 minutes - 3:6, 3:6, BelaPAN reports. Before this, our countrywoman became the best at the tournaments in Sidney, Das, Indian Wells and at the Australian Open. 


Meanwhile, Maxim Mirny continues his success in the doubles. Mirny and Canadian Daniel Nestor made it to the tournament's semi-final. They defeated Pole Lukasz Kubot and Serbian Janko Tipsarević — 6:1, 6:4, for 57 minutes. The next rivals of the Belarusian-Canadian duet will be Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna.