Victoria Azarenka moved into the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, but the way she progressed is absolutely devastating — after a big battle in the first set that included eight breaks of serve, things were supposed to be decided in the tiebreak, but after just one point Daria Kasatkina badly rolled her ankle and was forced to withdraw.
The world No.14 Azarenka opened the match with a 3-1 lead, but qualifier Kasatkina quickly leveled to 3-3 and from then on we had six consecutive breaks of serve, with the Belarusian catching up.