Victoria Azarenka: The comeback player of the year

 

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Recently, Women's Tennis Association (WTA)  revels the comeback player of the year is the former world  no. 1 Belarusian 'Victoria Azarenka'. This award is given to those player who's ranking previously dropped due to injury or personal reasons and current season's  result's helped restore ranking.

                                           Start of after a strong season in  2014 and 2015, Victoria Azarenka continuous her impressive run in the start of the season in 2016 and wins 3 titles, including back to back premier mandatory titles in Indian Wells and Miami but the mid-way of the season, She announced that she was pregnant and eventually gave birth to her son 'Leo' in December of that same year.

                                                         Following her leave in 2016 May, due to pregnancy, she returned to tour during the grass and court swing in 2017 at the Mallorca open. But, despite a few strong results over the last 3 seasons (2014-2016), she was unable to put together her strong runs, until the summer of 2020, goes down her ranking below 50.

                                       In August 2020, Azarenka claimed her first title in over four years, since winning the 'Miami Open' in March 2016, at the western and southern open 'WTA Premier 5' level tournament and reached her fifth career grand slam final at the 'US Open' losing to 'Naomi Osaka' in 3 set battle. She also reached the final at the 'J and T Banka Ostrava Open' making her one of five players to reach 3 or more finals in 2020, losing to fellow countryman 'Aryna Sabalenka'.

                          Her impressive result of 2020, helped her to return WTA top 20 for the first time since March 2017 and finishes the season as world no. 13.