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Azarenka gets going after slow start at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) When Victoria Azarenka got going, she got going good.

The two-time Australian Open champion was playing for only the third time since giving birth in December, and despite a slow beginning, she managed to beat CiCi Bellis 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Monday in the first round at Wimbledon.

”It was really a kind of nervous start for me,” the unseeded Belarussian said. ”I was not finding my range, not really moving the way I like to move and the way I have been practicing, actually.”

The shaky start translated into a quick 4-0 deficit on No.