Victoria Azarenka loses semi-final of Sidney tournament

Victoria Azarenka (7th position in the world rating) has finished her participation in a tennis tournament in Sidney. The prize fund was $600 thousand. BelaPAN notes that the Belarusian sportswoman was defeated by the fifth racket of the world Elena Dementiyeva from Russia in the semi-final — 3:6, 1:6. The match took a bit more than an hour.