Azarenka storms into second round

Women’s No.7 seed Victoria Azarenka has breezed past world No. 116 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France 6-2 6-0 to progress to the second round of Australian Open 2010.

Conceding only two games, the 20-year-old Belarusian was untroubled throughout the match, consistently winning the key points to dismantle the Frenchwoman in just 63 minutes.

Azarenka, who made the fourth round here last year before making quarter-final appearances at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, sent 23 winners past her opponent, allowing only five off the racquet of Cohen-Aloro.

The Frenchwoman struggled for consistency in the second set, with consecutive double-faults gifting Azarenka another break. From there, the favourite peeled off a number of winners to put the contest to rest, taking the set to love.

Azarenka entered her fifth Australian Open strongly, having reached the semi-final in Sydney last week before being defeated by eventual champion Elena Dementieva. She will now play the winner of Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland and Hungary’s Melinda Czink in the next round.

Current Match on Show Court 2 Show Court 2 - Women's Singles - 1st Round Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA 2 0 Victoria Azarenka BLR (7) 6 6 Match Statistics Serve Statistics