Raonic dedicates win to victims
Milos Raonic dedicated his third-round victory on Saturday to victims of a shooting in Canada which left four people dead and at least two injured. A gunman opened fire at the la loche Community School in a remote aboriginal community in Saskatchewan, and at a second location. "Today, before I stepped out on court, it was a difficult day back home," the 25-year-old Canadian, his voice sounding emotional at times, said after his win over Viktor Troicki. "Unfortunately in Saskatchewan in a very small community there was a shooting at a high school, so I want to take a moment and give thoughts to that community, the family, the students and the school affected. We wish you all the best." Raonic did not speak about his match, as is the usual custom in on-court interviews. "Today's victory was for that community, and a quick recovery and all of Canada, and I'm sure the world is behind you," he said.
VIKa’s hunger from childhood
Pressure is merely a matter of perspective for Victoria Azarenka, who can recall days when she was worried as much about going hungry as she was about her next match. "If you're not the best, you don't get sponsored at all," she said, delving back into her past. "So that was pretty rough." She remembered one day, on the junior circuit, which "still affects me every time." During a nine-week stint, sometimes playing two matches a day, she said, if she missed the scheduled times when food was provided, she went hungry. "I had no money. I didn't get to eat," she said. "So that was pressure, you know, to survive. That was survival, really. So, pressure right now is go out there and face a big opponentIJ OK, but when you're like hungry and you've got to go play and you have absolutely nothing, that's big pressure."