Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova; born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. A United States resident since 1994, Sharapova has competed on the WTA tour since 2001. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having earned silver for Russia in women's singles...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth19 April 1987
CityNyagan, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
Overall I'm happy to get through the match, but it definitely wasn't the best match I played,
Martina's return gives a lot of excitement to the game. Definitely she hasn't played for a long time, but I think everyone is very excited.
When I had the opportunity to win, I did. But I think I will play better. If I keep improving I definitely feel confident I can win it again.
The wind was definitely a factor with the serves sometimes. I tried not to go for the lines so much, and just tried to be consistent.
The WTA Tour and the ATP and the ITF and everyone that's in this whole tennis world needs to come together because I think each and every one of them is trying to make a business in their own little shell. In order to make this game bigger and better, I definitely think they need to come together.
I'm very pleased. I definitely stepped it up in this match. I knew I had to. It was very important that I did step it up. I took my opportunities, took my chances, and that was important.
I want to play for Russia, I definitely want to play for Russia in Fed Cup competition,
It was definitely not easy. We were breaking each other's serves left and right out there. It was a miracle when someone held serve. I just tried to hang in there. It's really tough being down two set points. But I gutted it out in the first point, then had an easy second point.
It was definitely not easy. It was a miracle when someone held serve.
I think we got the point that there was a soccer match or something going on.
I think at some point I may be able to dominate, but honesty, I don't think I'm physically there yet and I don't want to go out there and say I am, when I'm really not.
I think it's the toughest grand slam to win because of the traffic getting here and the busy city.
It gives me a lot of confidence that I can pull out a win like that when there are points in the match where you don't feel great.
I think today I played much better, especially in the first set, than in my first match on Wednesday,