MELBOURNE—Victoria Azarenka said she was delighted with her response Saturday after shrugging off a gamesmanship controversy and a hostile crowd to retain her Australian Open title. The world number one suffered a stormy build-up over a controversial medical timeout she took in the semi-finals, and was castigated by Australian media and the Rod Laver Arena crowd. But Azarenka, who also maintained focus despite two injuries to her Chinese opponent, Li Na, and a nine-minute break for fireworks during the match, said she was pleased with her reaction. "It isn't easy, that's for sure," the Belarusian said. "But I knew what I had to do. I had to st...
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