VICTORIA AZARENKA INTO FOURTH ROUND. US OPEN 2014

Victoria Azarenka stormed into the US Open fourth round with a 6-1, 6-1 drubbing of Russian doubles specialist Elena Vesnina on Saturday.

In a few minutes shy of one hour of play in the Grandstand, Azarenka made a mere eight unforced errors and never lost serve. The 27-year-old Belarus native jumped all over second serve returns and whipped groundstrokes from feet inside of the baseline. Azarenka also had seven aces. Vesnina, No. 57 in the world and No. 8 in the world in doubles, could not match her consistency, committing a whopping 26 unforced errors.

Vesnina was down 0-5 in the second set before getting on the scoreboard. 

WHAT IT MEANS: In their now six meetings, Azarenka has never lost a set. Today’s match, however, was their most lopsided of encounters. Azarenka now plays Serbian qualifier Aleksandra Krunic, who earlier today knocked off  2014 Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-4.