Victoria Azarenka of Belarus hits a return against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic during their women's singles third round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka won a battle of former girls' champions at the Australian Open by easing past Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-4 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the fourth round at Melbourne Park.
A double break down in the second set, 25th seed Zahlavova Strycova scrapped hard to get back on level terms at 4-4, but she promptly lost focus to hand Azarenka another break the following game.
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