Victoria Azarenka lost at the start of Rome tournament

In the second round of the tennis tournament in Rome (Italy), Belarusian Victoria Azarenka was defeated by Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania - 3:6, 2:6.

This is the second defeat of the Belarusian tennis player for the whole season. Before that she lost only to German Angelica Kerber in the Australian Open quarterfinals  in January.

Before this defeat Azarenka has won 17 consecutive matches. At the last tournament in Madrid, she was forced to pull out due to a back injury.