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 know I didn't win this match fairly,
I know that I did not win this match fairly, ... I do not like such victories.
I'm 17 years old and there are many great things ahead. If I don't win the U.S. Open this year, it's not going to be a disaster in my life.
I think it's the toughest grand slam to win because of the traffic getting here and the busy city.
It's good to finish the year with a win. But I didn't want to win like that.
You never know what to expect in the first round. I did enough to win and I'm pretty satisfied.
She's got a lot of fighting spirit out there, ... I was very proud of myself for being able to win that game. It was a very tough one.
I wasn't winning that match. She was doing the right things and I wasn't.
I was in that period right after I won Wimbledon, ... The next four months, I felt like I had to win every match. It's a matter of telling yourself that it's impossible to win everything ? no matter what people say. You can't control people's actions. My big thing is to just keep working hard. Because one day, you're going to be on court and you'll win a match and realize that the hard work paid off. That's exactly what I did last year. I lost here and I worked my butt off.
That's not the way I like to win matches, but anything can happen in tennis.
It was tough today, she was hitting winners off both sides and I couldn't put two points together. I was a little tired from my previous matches.
I wasn't fighting out there in the second set. It was like I was giving it up. But it gives me confidence I can pull out a win like that.
It was really close in the first set, and then I just went for too much at the wrong times. She's on a big winning streak and that is giving her more and more confidence.
It was a very tough match. I came here to win and didn't want to lose early, so I'm relieved to have that first win.