Frosty Azarenka powers through in Paris


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 27 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Premier 5 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - September 19, 2020 Belarus' Victoria Azarenka in action during her quarter final against Spain's Garbine Muguruza Pool via REUTERS/Riccardo Antimiani/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Victoria Azarenka complained about the playing conditions at the French Open amid light drizzle and low temperatures during her 6-1 6-2 first-round victory on Sunday.

The U.S. Open runner-up, who entered court Suzanne Lenglen wearing a thick pink puffer jacket, and her opponent Danka Kovinic walked off the court after play was suspended with Belarusian Azarenka leading 2-1.

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