World no. 1 Victoria Azarenka spoke to the media ahead of the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Open on Monday.

“It will be with me for my entire career. But let me put it this way: do you snore?” Azarenka said. “Can you control that? … There are ways but you still snore. Right? So it’s natural to you, right? So that’s natural to me, too. The way I play tennis. That’s it.”

“I’m not the one who’s going to stop it. I’m not looking for that. For me, I’m the way I am."

“I cannot speak for any other players. Not one player ever came up to me and said, `Hey, stop doing that. If somebody wants to blame: `Oh, I lost this match because she’s grunting or whatever.’ You know, it’s up to them. I think they’re just weak people.”