Victoria Azarenka suffers her first loss of 2012 to Marion Bartoli at the Rome Masters . World No . 1 Azarenka had started the year with a long winning streak . Polish fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska into the last four after beating Venus Williams . Defending champion Azarenka had won eight of her previous 10 meetings with the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up , including January 's Sydney International where Bartoli lost despite leading in both sets . Two - time Miami champion Kim Clijsters to be out for a month with hip injury .
Victoria Azarenka suffers her first loss of 2012 to Marion Bartoli at the Rome Masters . World No . 1 Azarenka had started the year with a long winning streak . Polish fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska into the last four after beating Venus Williams . Two - time Miami champion Kim Clijsters to be out for a month with hip injury .