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Belarusian Star Victoria Azarenka Shuts Down a Serena Williams’ Fan Who Accused Her of Disrespecting the Legend

Published 09/17/2022, 12:22 PM EDT

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The Belarusian tennis player, Victoria Azarenka is very much active on his social media. She is often seen conducting Q&A sessions on her Twitter account as she loves to converse with her fans and fellow tennis players.

But, Azarenka was recently criticized by one of Serena Williams’ fans, who accused her of beefing with the American tennis legend, Williams. The Belarusian had the perfect response to the criticism.

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Victoria Azarenka shuts down a Serena Williams’ fan

Azarenka, who loves to conduct Q&A sessions with her fans, was planning to conduct another session on her Twitter account as she tweeted, “Haven’t done Q&A in a while… will answer 10 best questions… let’s go”

Meanwhile, one of Serena Williams’ fans reacted to her tweet by accusing the Belarusian of beefing with the American tennis legend. He commented, “You are def beefing w serena, no mention of her retiring. She def didnt do the podcast or something” He stated that Azarenka has been definitely feuding with Williams as she didn’t post any farewell message following Williams’ retirement.

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But, Azarenka had the perfect response to his accusations as she fires back at him. She tweeted, “Dude seriously… Talking to Serena in person means to me way more than putting a tweet out. And I’m grateful for that”

She shuts him down by stating that she has spoken with Serena in person and that it means a lot more than tweeting about her. Azarenka also expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to speak with the American tennis icon in person.

The former world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, loves silencing her detractors, as she recently proved in one of her tweets. She tweeted, “I’m sure I’m not the first person to ask this on social media, but why do people follow you and then write hateful comments to you? Like shouldn’t it be as easy as just unfollow and go on about your life”

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The Belarusian tennis player has been very responsive to her fans on her social media.

Azarenka’s run at the US Open

The former world No. 1, Azarenka stormed through the first two rounds of the US Open. She defeated the American tennis player, Ashlyn Krueger in the first round, and then she went on to defeat the Ukrainian tennis player, Marta Kostyuk in the second round of the event.

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The Belarusian also teamed up with the Australian tennis player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, for the mixed doubles event. But the pair was knocked out in the first round of the competition. Azarenka later defeated Petra Martić, 6-3, 6-0. But despite her solid performance, Azarenka was knocked out by Karolína Plíšková in the quarter-finals round of the US Open.

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Anurag Gusain

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Anurag Gusain is a Tennis Author at EssentiallySports. He has completed his Bachelor’s degree in English from Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University. Being a huge tennis fan, he enjoys watching superstar Rafael Nadal play.
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Manaal Siddiqui