Victoria Azarenka sets up final with Maria Sharapova

Victoria Azarenka continued her acceptable alpha to the year to 22 matches with a 6-4 6-3 semi-final win over Germany's Angelique Kerber at Indian Wells.The apple cardinal one's WTA Tour run is the best alpha back Martina Hingis's 37-match best aperture run in 1997.The Belarusian faces Maria Sharapova, whose adversary Ana Ivanovic retired with a hip injury, in Sunday's final.Russia's Sharapova, who absent to Azarenka in the Australian Open final, said: "I would adulation to get my revenge.After absolute a sixth after clash final appearance, Azarenka said: "I am so excited. It's the aboriginal time for me to be in the final here. It's a abundant accident and I adulation arena here.Azarenka and Kerber both begin their bold disrupted by the airy altitude and the additional set was blowzy with account breaks, with the top berry breaking four times and the German twice.The 22-year-old closed achievement by breaking her 18th-seeded adversary in the ninth bold of the additional set back Kerber hit a forehand long.