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How the goalie helped the tennis star

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Friday, April 3, 2009

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Ablaze in a shrieking pink blouse louder than her on-court emissions (if that is possible), Victoria Azarenka sits in the outside patio of the players' lounge on Wednesday here at the Sony Ericsson Open. When a reporter congratulates her on her relatively meteoric rise in the women's rankings -- from No. 506 to No. 146 to No. 92 to No. 30 to No. 15 to the current No. 10 -- her nose wrinkles beneath a stylish pair of aviator sunglasses and a frown creeps across ...

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