INDIAN WELLS, Calif., March 18 (UPI) -- Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka kept her season-long unbeaten streak intact Sunday, dispatching Maria Sharapova in the finals of the BNP Paribas Open.
The Belarusian waltzed to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over the second-seeded Sharapova, improving to 23-0 on the season and 5-3 in her career against the former World No. 1.
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Azarenka also dismissed the Russian in straight sets in this year's Australian Open finals.
She made good on 50 percent of her break opportunities and capitalized on three Sharapova double-faults en route to the victory, for which she pocketed $1 million.
