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Victoria Azarenka pregnant, set to miss rest of 2016 tennis season

Updated on: 16 July,2016 09:36 AM IST  | 
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Former World No I Victoria Azarenka announces that she is pregnant and will miss the rest of the season, says her baby is due at the end of the year

Victoria Azarenka pregnant, set to miss rest of 2016 tennis season

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Paris: Former World No 1 and two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka announced yesterday that she is pregnant and will miss the rest of the season. The 26-year-old from Belarus said her baby is due towards the end of the year but that she intends to resume her career.

Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka


“While recovering from the knee injury I sustained at Roland Garros, I received news from my doctors that my boyfriend and I are going to become parents at the end of the year,” Azarenka said on Twitter.



'Couldn’t be happier'
“We couldn’t be happier and feel very blessed to begin this exciting journey of building a family together.” World number six Azarenka, who won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013, pulled out of the French Open in her first round tie with a knee injury and hasn’t played since.

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