Didn't Rybakina beat her? Pretty rich of her to be talking about she'll be doing in 5 years time. Rybakina will probably have a few majors under her belt.

“are you a political journalist?” “No, I’m a sports journalist” “And I’m an athlete” Haha

That was a fantastic call-out by Azarenka. 'What are you trying to achieve here?' 'Why do you keep bringing this up?' 'No matter what answer I give you will twist it to suit your needs'. She totally hit the nail on the head.

Honestly I'm with Vika. These politics questions are tiring.

That's the dumbest set of questions I've heard in some time... and Vika handled it well...

I'm really happy for Rybakina's win here

Credit to the reporters who actually asked questions about tennis

Good on Vika for standing up for herself when she didn’t entertain questions that she felt didn’t align with why she was sitting in a press conference after a tennis match🎾👏🏽

Haha good on her! Sick of the media trying to pin certain tennis players on a response to a political war, just because they were born in a specific country.

I totally agree with Victoria about separation of politics and sport.

She actually makes a good point. Lots of one slam wonders now. However she too has won only 2 slams in almost 20 years on tour 🤷‍♂️. Who's to say Rybakina won't win at least a couple more . She has reached 2 of the last 3 finals and won one.

Why would she need another 5 years? She’s already won Wimbledon and could win here too

Nothing said to appreciate Rybakina's game or at least give credit to her lool

Vica! I adore you! I knew you were not only the great tennis player, you are a very smart lady! I was fascinated by your answers especially to those stupid questions about Russian, Belarusian, Novak's father. I rooted for you during this Australian Open and will be your fan from now on. I wish you all the best in every move you make!

Sounds like(according to her at least)it was more about the way she did not play than the way her opponent played.Political questions have no place in this arena!

Wow , never was much of a fan, but I really like her attitude !

She didnt questioned her consistency, she said her impression was that Rybakina wasnt very consistent through out the year but shes has great qualities and things she needs to improve but want to see how she is in five years in a very clear positive way. Funny how after all she said the actual thumbnail and title of the video already tried to change her words meaning. Anyway, one more reason why they really have to avoid getting involved in this malicious questions about the war. Midia will be midia. But im always amazed how grounded she is while responding her questions and was so satisfying to see her put the reporter on her place. Which surprisingly managed to ask something related to tennis in the end, tho, as most, a silly question.

I think bringing up Novak family thing with her is really frustrating. The Russian players are there to play the game. Great response from her. Allowing the demonstrators on the ground is already over the top.

she has a point. what do people want belurassian and russian players to actually do. ofcourse they have a platform and donations available, many of which vika are actually apart of on the players council etc. but they are just people. i dont know how asking provaocative and political questions to not just an athelete, but a persons country who is also in war does any help to the situation. obviously russia started the war and belarus are part of it as are ukraine. but people forget that there are majority russian and belarusian players/people whos countrt is in war as well, just because theyre country is instigating the war doesnt mean their country is not part of it and i think a lot if people overlook that. they countries are so close together and so similar in culture, they all speak russian and they probably have family and friends living across the 3 countries and more. its a tough situation for ukraine but also look at it from the perspective of belarus and russian people who never wanted the war to happen or even knew the severity of it getting villainised and treated like criminals when just as vika said they are just athletes. its just silly. awareness by these big names need to be made, i agree. but what more do we want them to do without them getting banned from returning home and seeing family. we are talking about televised events spread across so many social platforms. one bad word or one politically outspoken comment they might not see family or their country again and even though theyre country are instigators, the innocent people themselves dont deserve to be stripped of seeing their own family and place of living.

She handled bad questions very well!!

Yes, Vika, you WERE playing well. and yet, she still beat you. THAT was the story.

Bravooo! Stay strong!!! 💪❤️

I can understand Azarenka being upset about her lost to Rybakina in their match! It’s unfair to ask questions to Azarenka what happened with Djokovic’s father! Azarenka wasn’t there like all of us we can only offer our opinions but Azarenka was there to play tennis not to get into some controversy with what happened with Djokovic’s father! The media needs to stick to questions about Azarenka’s & Rybakina’s tennis match only!

Wow… what a backhanded compliment to Rybakina. Did anyone say sore loser? Even if she was trying to be honest, she could have masked it better. I still love Vika though. 🙏🏾❤️

she looks so cool

Great response by Vika

Azarenka 2 grand slams and she is 33, Rybakina 1 now in a final and is 23.

Such a warm and caring person

Victoria is smart , she knows the game . MSM is not waking up that the world is sick of their game .

She questions Elaina Rybkin's consistency. True. Victoria herself has also become inconsistent.

"See how she is in 5 years" ummm shes about to equal your grand slam count in a few days ....

That's such a bitchy thing to say about Rybakina though. Very Tsitsipas like

Sorry. Elena was just too good.

The sunglasses mean that Vika is not taking her defeat too well. Good first set from both players and impressed that Elena worked out her game to comfortably win the second set.

She handled them!

Love it that Vika handled the nonsensical line of questioning so well, I think it may be down to her maturity, it's harder for the younger ones. Why is the press corps so inane.

Very smart response Vicky, I don't know why this reporters asks irrelevant question, questions should just focus about how the game etc.etc.. I like it when she said "Are you a politician?) Congratulation Vika you're a CHAMPION. Reporters needs to be retrained or take a seminar to be more polished and professional. No wonder NAOMI OSAKA refused to be interviewed by these irresponsible reporters/journalist.

The thing is that people want Bielorrusian and Russians players to disagree with the war but they could get in trouble if they do it

Its pretty ironic that Russia and Belarus are not able to show their flags but Rybakina is born Russian and Sabalenka is Belarusian 😁

Woah. 💪

A little bit salty towards Elena. Forget 5 yrs time, shes about to win a second slam which is as many slams as Vika has while being a decade younger. I'd say the sky is the limit for Rybakina.

I honestly clicked because of the title and I completely toke it out of context. It works and the media knows it very well. I was waiting for a snarky comment from Vika. I still listened to a snarky lady but one that show respect to her rival. The most important part though it is her very intelligent way to express her frustration at the media’s search for headlines.

What is Really Frustating is these dumb journalists continually posing political questions to an athlete! Azarenka dealt with it very well and its a shame that a 3rd Journalist wanted to continue with that line of provocative questioning until they were stopped! Their Press Passes Must be withdrawn! 🙄

azarenka and sabalenka sound like ambulances when they play

Absolutely devoid of class. In total contrast to Elena who is all class. Great to see class prevailed tonight.

Give credit to Rybakina. She just beat you, dear.

Azarenka and Rybakina are like polar opposites. For instance Elena is such a likeable player and person........

Just accept you lost! Beaten by a better player who is proving she is a worthy champion! Bravo Elena, a class act on and off the court! 👏

She's the only player that's properly dealt with these ridiculous questions.

She sounded very hostile..couldn't even give credit to Rybakina..Also Rybakina didn't play her best tennis at all today..but what she had today was good enough to beat her today

Her assessment of Rybakina was fair and accurate, the title was completely Clickbait. She said she’s a very good player with big weapons but she’s struggled with consistency this year. Whether you like Vika or not, she was very dominant and consistent for those 2-3 before she had Leo. I remember because I didn’t like her when I was younger (Sharapova was my Tennis crush and nobody was allowed to beat her 😂) so teenage me always hoped Vika would lose early so Maria wouldn’t have to play her again and Vika almost never did.

After all these years, Azarenka remains a ridiculous and absolutely ungracious person. I will enjoy her fading away from tennis.

was vika always this chill?she lets it roll over like water on a duck's back.

Azarenka super gespielt diese Turnier

" Wiki " bravo ! 1st set could cost you a lot of strength ... but you fought second set..from 2-5 became 4-5 ! cheers for the fight ! good luck in the season ! [M.Poland]

She came across a bit of a sour grape when asked about what she thinks of Rybakina...if Rybakina won this AO final, she would equal with Vika in terms of the number of grand slam titles... That is a hell of an achievement for a 23 year old....Don't get me started about Vika's notorious fake medical timeout almost 10 years ago when she played against LiNa in Australian Open Final. That was simply disgraceful!!! Period

Горжусь Викторией! Прекрасная теннисистка, умная, сдержанная. Успехов ей!

4:43 5:11 5:37 6:39 beeing in brainstorm and crying after loss, and then be solid enough to answer to those questions, a real deal won by VA

Way to go Vika!

Love her calling out the "media" for dumb questions.. Well done!

In my opinion, Rybakina, she's one "Ace", AO player. Could be the next champion, be on guard, Sabalenka.😄👏🏽🙌🏽💪🏽🎾✨🏆

Am I the only one who hears that she didn’t give credits to her opponent? At all?

She played real well today

Rybakina 2 Azarenka 0

She outplayed you victoria, so accept it and move on.

Rybakina definitely will hav more slams than vika.... For sure

She is very intelligent athlete. More positive ppl playing d sport.

Was happy when Rybakina won, and even happier after listening to this poor sport Azarenka. She easily could have just said that Rybakina has a bright future ahead of her. Which she does. Appreciate everything you've been given, Azarenka ~ no one is entitled.

Love how she dealt with the questions… but why the sunnies inside? Is she a rapper?

Well said Vika Be proud you played well and pushed on the best in the world super tight Love from Canada

The sunglasses are giving everything they needed to have gave 😎 💅🏽

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Journalist need to respect players and know their lane. If they want to ask a question that felt disrespectful to the player, the player can respond. If the journalist wants to keep badgering then Vika will stay stronger. Trying to corner a tennis player into engaging into a political question. Get out of here!

Love Vika 🇦🇺 hope we see you again!

9:46 -- "See in five years?" -- Well, the last grand slam title for Vika was 10 years ago.

Drongo wearing sunglasses indoors

All Azarenka had to do was answer the questions honestly. She made this interview difficult by dancing around the questions and becoming easily offended instead of just simply answering the questions directly and moving on. Azarenka is clearly frustrated and bitter from the loss - which is funny because she was NEVER going to beat Elena with her current level of tennis. You have a son, kid, it’s high time that you grow up! 😄

She was not a happy camper

Sick bia, love her guts

I question why she is wearing dark glasses in a press conference.

Victoria, you are special, great tk see how great you are playing since you came back from your break! 👌💜

Bravo Vika!

Thanks, Azarenka for shutting down these political hacks masquerading as tennis sports journalists. Love it! They just can't give us as fans a minute to enjoy the sports we love.

Vika for president!

Rybakina is about to play her second slam finals….and with Wimbledon slam under her belt …. What do u mean vika …. By “ we will see how she is in 5 years….”

AO this year was a TRIUPH of Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan....Wimbledon -- unlike AO -- was turned into a second rated tournament and lost Grand Slam Status due to discrimination of Russian and Belorussian players...And Viktoria is amazing, always liked her and respected her game and now Ker mind and brain...

Hard to take someone seriously when they were sunglasses for an indoor press conference.

Bravo Viko🙏❤

Azarenka mentions how journalists will twist her words however she replies... this channel with the video title: "I got you fam!"

Bravo Victoria !!!!!!!!!!!! Podrška iz Srbije !

The title and thumbnail is shady and misleading for no reason. She just wanted to convey that Rybakina is great and still improving while being at such a high level.

As predicted the modern style of tennis caught her out.! She should just admit that shes just not on Rybakinas level in the end. This is the furthest she will get in todays modern type of game.

Thought that was Trevor Lawrence.

Classy

Vika you are so matured, thanks for everything we love you no matter what

That's Joey Ramones son!

What’s with the sun glasses? I don’t get that. Was there something wrong with her eyes after the match?

What a misery. She didnt even congratulate the winner.

Vica had won two GS when she was 23 - why the haters are so sure that Rybakina will definitely win more GS is questionable.

So sad for Vika 😢