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
When the points started getting longer and longer, I felt that she had the advantage.
There was a lot of rustiness, ... The first match (after a layoff) is always tough. You practice hard and work on a lot of things, but the actual competition is totally different. I was just trying to get in a groove, get my feet wet.
It's going to be a very big test because I haven't beaten her yet. I've done pretty well in the past few weeks. It's not always easy coming back from a Wimbledon win, and now I'm going to play a top seed on a hard court. I'm very much looking forward to it.
It's good that I ate some chocolate cake last night, ... I'm glad I put on a few pounds. Otherwise, I might have blown away out there.
It's good to finish the year with a win. But I didn't want to win like that.
It's hard to get going when your body isn't there and your mind is on your pillow.
It's hard to predict things, but I'm sure it's going to be a good match.
It's been a good year so far. I reached number one in the world at 18.
You don't want to pull out because it's a Grand Slam, but it's hard when people expect you to win.
There were a lot of ups and downs. There were times when I felt like couldn't make anything.
It's the first time for me to throw beans at the media. It's kind of revenge.
This is unbelievable, I don't know how I'm in the final. This is crazy,
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.