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Victoria Azarenka overcame some anxiety, a sore left knee and a slew of frustrating forehand errors before fending off American teenager Sloane Stephens to reach the Australian Open final against Li Na.
For the second time in two days, the 19-year-old Stephens sat patiently in a courtside chair late in the second set while an experienced, older player took a medical timeout.
On Thursday, the top-seeded Azarenka asked for a medical timeout after wasting five match points with a sequence of forehand errors, but returned to quickly finish off a 6-1, 6-4 win on her sixth match point. The outcome was different Wednesday, when Stephens rallied from a set and a break down to beat an injured Serena Williams in three sets.
