03 January,2013 07:23 AM IST | | Agencies
Azarenka was made to work hard for her win by the hard-hitting Lisicki, who traded punishing ground strokes with the top seed but was let down by a high error rate - 36 unforced errors compared with only nine from her opponent.
Lisicki had eight break points on Azarenka's serve but was only able to convert three, while Azarenka broke Lisicki six times.
