Victoria Azarenka Up to 16th Place in World Rankings

• 12.01.2016, 15:03

Belarusian tennis star Victoria Azarenka climbed from 22th to 16th place in the WTA ranikings (Women's Tennis Association).

This happened after her victory at a tournament in Brisbane on January 9th. According to Euroradio, in the final, Azarenka defeated with confidence Germany's Angelika Kerber 6-3, 6-1, Euroradio reports.

Another Belarusian female tennis play Volha Havartsova remains in Top 100 of the world rankings. She's currently in the 72th place, one point down from the 71st place a week ago.

On January 18, Australian Open - the first of the season's tournament series Grand Slam - will start in Melbourne. Azarenka won Australian Open twice in a row - in 2012 and 2013.