What does Victoria Azarenka have to announce?
Victoria Azarenka sparked speculation with a cryptic tweet on Sunday.
by Nikolaus Fink
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Aug 22, 2022, 09:49 am
Is the next resignation of a Grand Slam winner in women's tennis imminent? Victoria Azarenka at least suggested this suspicion with a tweet. As the 33-year-old wrote on Twitter on Sunday, she planned an announcement for Monday. The Belarusian has not yet revealed any more details.
Should Azarenka actually decide to retire, it would be yet another retirement from an extremely renowned player. Ashleigh Barty, the world number one at the time, announced her departure from tennis at the end of March, 23-time single Grand Slam winner Serena Williams will follow after the US Open .
Azarenka has won the Australian Open twice in her career (2012 and 2013) and has been at the top of the world rankings for a total of 51 weeks. This season, however, things did not go according to plan for the 33-year-old, most recently in Cincinnati she slipped into a nasty bankruptcy against Emma Raducanu .