2013 Brisbane Final: Williams d Azarenka

Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka  6-4, 7-5.

Keys To The Match

• Williams  directed 67% of forehands cross court to Azarenka’s forehand and only 33% down the line to the backhand.
• Williams finished with six forehand winners and 11 errors (-5 total) while Azarenka managed four forehand winners but was forced into committing 15 errors (-11 total).
• Williams hit a remarkable 54% of total backhands down the line.
• Azarenka hit 60% of her backhands cross court to Williams’ backhand.
• Williams’ victory was built upon executing a ruthlessly simple game plan and not beating herself with loose mistakes.

The strategy was simple – Serena wanted to pound the ball through the deuce court to break down Victoria’s forehand, and Victoria wanted dictate the point through the Ad court with her stronger backhand. Something had to give.