Video: Williams and Azarenka look ahead to US Open

Top women’s players speak on Saturday (24th August), ahead of the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Serena Williams, women’s US Open defending champion:“Wow. I have had so many great rivalries. You know, you never really know how deep a rivalry is until you play the person several times. I think the head to head is close, but I think, you know, it’s just always good to play such great players like Victoria who really plays well and makes me lift my game to a new level.”

Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player:“But just, you know, being young and sometimes in the past being alone a little bit, not educated in that way, you know, being from a different country, kind of learning and experiencing all the different cultures and how people react, can be misunderstood I feel sometimes.But all the, you know, bad emotions that I had, all the anger that kind of transferred into my more professionalism that I take on the court right now, and that demand, instead of getting down on myself, got the demand to get a lot better.So I just feel like I switched the light, and tried to take it into more positive and do the best of what I had, the abilities I have, and try to maximize them.”