Who is US Open finalist Victoria Azarenka? All you need to know

Profile of Victoria Azarenka: Born July 31, 1989 in Minsk, Belarus (Age: 24) * Turned professional in 2003 * TWO GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES: [caption id=“attachment_1093263” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Azarenka has a lot to play for: AP image[/caption] Australian Open: 2012, 2013. * At 14 moved to Scottsdale, Arizona to train, where she was helped by NHL goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin’s family to assimilate to the U.S. * Wins Australian Open and U.S. Open junior singles titles in 2005. * Recorded her first top-20 victory at Memphis in 2006, over 13th-ranked Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic. * Won her first career title in 2009 in Brisbane, beating France’s Marion Bartoli in the final. * Defeated Caroline Wozniacki in final of 2009 Memphis tournament and beats world number one Williams in Miami final to cap a tremendous beginning to the year having won 24 of her 26 matches and claimed three titles. * Forced to retire from 2010 US Open second round match against Gisela Dulko when she collapsed on court. Later said she had suffered a concussion when she fell and hit her head during her warmup for the match and had suffered dizziness and blurred vision. * Beat Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-0 in the final of the 2012 Australian Open to win first grand slam title and took over as world number one. * After making the semi-finals at Wimbledon, reached her first US Open final in 2012 but lost to Serena Williams 6-2 2-6 7-5. * Successfully defended her Australian Open title, in 2013, beating China’s Li Na 4-6 6-4 6-3. * Enjoyed her best run at the French Open in 2013, where she reached the semi-finals before losing to Russia’s Maria Sharapova 6-1 2-6 6-4.