User:Avatar5991/Azarenka–Sharapova rivalry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Azarenka–Sharapova rivalry is between tennis players Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Maria Sharapova of Russia, who are engaged in a modern day tennis rivalry. They have played each other fifteen times with Sharapova leading 8–7 overall, 3–1 in matches decided by three sets, Azarenka leading 5–1 in all finals and 2–1 in Grand Slam matches,.[1]
The rivalry between the two players started to intensify in 2015, with two meetings between the pair this year. Sharapova won both meetings this year, one of them on clay. Their most recent meeting was in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia with Sharapova winning 6–3, 6–2.