Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka (WTA No.23) became a quarterfinalist of the WTA-500 tournament in Brisbane, Australia with a prize fund of $1.7 million.

Last night, the Belarusian beat France’s Clara Burel (56) in an hour and a half - 7:5, 6:2. In the 1/16 final game, Victoria Azarenka defeated Russian Anna Kalinskaya (80) in two sets - 6:1, 7:6 (10:8).

Soon, World No. 2 Arina Sabalenka will play against Chinese Zhu Lin (33) in the match for reaching the quarterfinals. In the 1/16 finals, Sabalenka defeated Italian Lucia Bronzetti (52) - 6:3, 6:0.