(Image Source: Ben Solomon )   BY PAULA HUNT Anchor by Neville Miller   Victoria Azarenka is the world’s No. 1-ranked women’s tennis player, but she was not the crowd favorite in the Australian Open final Friday against Li Na. Li might have won the popularity contest, but Azarenka won the match, defeating the Chinese player in three sets to successfully defend her Grand Slam title. Just how unpopular was the Belarusian in Melbourne? Well, The Guardian  calls her: “The vilain du jour who had hustled the sweet American teenage prodigy Sloane Stephens out of the semi-finals with her blatant gamesmanship.” It was Azarenka’s controversial 10-minute medical-time out after squandering five match points against the 19-year-old American Stevens that had caught people’s attention – and not in a good way. But, as the BBC reports, it was Li’s injuries that distinguished the final. And, unlike Azarenaka’s, hers earned her the crowd’s sympathy. “Li’s ankle went and so it seemed did her chances. As Azarenka levelled. Then another injury. Li Na walloping her head this time. She was tested for concussion, yet to the crowd's delight she battled on.” The final insult for Azarenka, as USA Today  reports, might be that the wrong country is etched on her Australian Open trophy. “Azarenka is from Belarus. So when her trophy says ‘VICTORIA AZARENKA (BEL),' there doesn't appear to be much wrong . . . [But] The actual abbreviation for Belarus is BLR.”