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
I think today I played much better, especially in the first set, than in my first match on Wednesday,
Today was probably one of the hottest days I've ever experienced in my life. It was pretty brutal out there.
Today I came out and I knew it would be cold so I had to move around quickly just to keep my body warm. I came out prepared.
I played two players of completely different styles today and that took some time adjusting.
It's so windy today I'm really glad I had a piece of chocolate cake last night or else I would have been blown away out here.
I'll be seeing headlines: Maria can't get past the semis; Maria can't last the third set, I think it was a good match. I didn't come in the best prepared ... without many matches, to be able to play the quality of tennis I was able to play today is a big plus.
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.
Overall I'm happy to get through the match, but it definitely wasn't the best match I played,
Physically it was very difficult to keep up with Svetlana today. I just wasn't physically ready to run down a lot of balls.
I think I learn a lot from losses and they make me a lot tougher,
I think for tennis players it would make our lives a lot easier.