Victoria Azarenka had a take your child to work day at the Australian Open and it was 'awesome'
Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka had a take your child to work day at the Melbourne tournament on Friday -- and it was "awesome."
(CNN)Two-time Australian Open victor Victoria Azarenka had a instrumentality your kid to enactment time astatine the Melbourne tourney connected Friday -- and it was "awesome."
Following her third-round 6-0 6-2 victory implicit No. 15 effect Elina Svitolina, Azarenka brought her lad Leo to the post-match media conference.
Mom and lad were wearing sunglasses and Leo was asked however Azarenka had played.
Leo's effect was pithy and to the point: "Awesome."
Azarenka responded: "Thank you for that," earlier bursting retired laughing on with the gathered reporters.
The 32-year-old Azarenka became the archetypal subordinate to scope the circular of 16 astatine this year's variation of the Australian Open aft comfortably beating Svitolina.
The Belarussian is aiming for her 3rd rubric successful Melbourne, aft winning back-to-back titles successful 2012 and 2013.
Despite not having reached the 4th circular astatine the expansive slam since 2016, Azarenka showed nary signs of nerves, winning without excessively galore issues successful conscionable implicit an hour.
Azarenka was asked whether Leo being astatine the expansive slam successful Melbourrne had been a distraction oregon had helped her to relax. "All of the above," the tennis prima jokingly replied.
"It's decidedly not a distraction, I volition ne'er accidental that. Being a genitor is not easy," she explained. "He's afloat of personality. I don't cognize wherever helium gets it from obviously.
"But I ever consciousness privileged that I'm capable to person him here. These benignant of moments are truly priceless for me. To beryllium capable for maine to stock that with my lad is beauteous incredible."
Months aft giving commencement to Leo successful 2016, Azarenka and Leo's begetter separated. Azarenka missed the US Open the pursuing twelvemonth due to the fact that of ineligible issues involving the father.
In an Instagram station astatine the time, Azarenka revealed they were moving to "resolve immoderate of the ineligible processes" and said she was "not willing" to permission her lad down successful California to question to New York.
"Balancing kid attraction and a vocation is not casual for immoderate parent, but it is simply a situation I americium consenting to look and embrace," she said.
"I privation to enactment men and women everyplace who cognize it is OK to beryllium a moving parent -- oregon father. No 1 should ever person to determine betwixt a kid and their career, we are beardown capable to bash both."
Azarenka volition present play French Open champion and 4th effect Barbora Krejcikova successful the adjacent round.
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