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Summary Victoria Azarenka routed Maria Sharapova to win the tournament for the second time in three years.
In the Sony Ericson Open Tennis Tournament, being played in Miami, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Russian Maria Sharapova, 6-1 6-4, to win the final, on Saturday.The 21-year-old Azarenka won her sixth career title after winning the Sony Ericsson Open. Her win will now lift her to sixth, a career best standing, in the world rankings next week.Sharapova, currently ranked 13th in the world, was seeking her first tournament win since May but never found her rhythm nor her serve which she held once in the match. She has now lost all three of the finals she has reached at Key Biscayne tennis ground in Miami.Sharapova, who missed three weeks of practice due to illness prior to making the quarter-finals at last months Indian Wells, said she was pleased with her progress despite the setback.
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