Azarenka defeated Serena Williams in the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open 6-3, 6-1.  She will go from a WTA ranking of #10 to # 8 after this win.  Congratulations to Victoria, and visit the Sony Ericsson Open website to read more!

FIRST ROUND

Men:

-Ivo Karlovic received a Bye and will be playing Frederico Gil in the Second Round.

-Mardy Fish received a Bye and will play Nicolas Massu in the Second Round.

-Radek Stapenek also received a Bye and will play Bobby Reynolds in the Second Round.

-Ernests Gulbis played Marcos Baghdatis and lost 6-2, 6-2.

Women:

-Jelena Jankovic received a Bye and will be playing Gisela Dulko in the next round.

-Karolina Sprem defeated Marina Erakovic 6-0, 6-2.

-Daniela Hantuchova beat Melanie Oudin 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

-Victoria Azarenka received a Bye and will play Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

SECOND ROUND

-Stepanek defeated Bobby Reynolds 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-2.

-Karlovic was defeated by Frederico Gil 6-4, 6-4.

-Nicolas Massu defeated Mardy Fish 6-4, 7-6(2).

-Jelena Jankovic lost to Gisela Dulko 6-4, 7-6 (5)

-Dominka Cibulkova won against Karolina Sprem 6-0, 6-2.

-Daniela Hantuchova lost to Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-1.

-Victoria Azarenka beat Pavlyuchenkova 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

THIRD ROUND

-Victoria Azarenka defeated Anna Chakvetadze 6-1, 6-4.

-Radek Stepanek defeated Fernando Gonzales 7-6(1), 6-4.

FOURTH ROUND

-Victoria Azarenka won against Agnes Szavay 6-2, 6-4.

-Fernando Verdasco beat Radek Stepanek 6-2, 6-2.

QUARTERFINALS

-Victoria Azarenka defeated Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-0

SEMIFINALS

-Victoria Azarenka is heading to the Finals after her win against Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.