she became anastasia goreeva. anastasia shevchenko, one of the most notable of the season, won a silver medal; finally, elizaveta kaplina closed the top three winners. the russian cup stage in izhevsk will last until january 21. the program includes sprints races and mosstarts. victoria azarenka reached the third round of the first grand slam tournament of the season, the astralian open, this evening in a difficult match, the belarusian beat the ninety-sixth racket of the world, clara tausen from denmark. with a victory, but in doubles , irina shimanovich started on the courts of melbourne. elena gorelchik will tell you more. the match between victoria azarenka and clarara towson ended the playing day at the australian open; before this meeting, the girls crossed paths on the court. winning the first game with a score of 6:4 in the second in the set, the polish tennis player missed the thread of the game and allowed her opponent to recoup. this course of the match somewhat demoralized szwiatek in the third set, the