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| Maria Sharapova's US Open 2010 1st Round Interview |
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| August 31, 2010 |
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What happened out there tonight? |
| Maria Sharapova |
I won the match in three.
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What were you thinking in between sets during changeovers, especially after the first set? |
| Maria Sharapova |
I think she came out today and really swung and didn't give me much time to do anything out there. She served really well in the first set. I wasn't returning that well, giving her a lot of looks, you know, on second serves. Against a player like that, who kind of plays the 1 2 punch type of tennis, you know, it's quite difficult to get a rhythm in the beginning. You know, I just hung in there. Between the first and second set, I knew that it wasn't over. In tennis you have either two or three sets to play. So I still knew I had my chances. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 Final Interview |
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| August 16, 2010 |
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| Question |
How much do you think fatigue might have been a factor today? You played 12 sets of tennis over six consecutive days without a day off. Do you think that may have influenced it a little bit? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Maybe towards the later stages in the match. But, you know, it's hard to say. If.
I would have won a couple of those points in the second, then we wouldn't really be talking about fatigue. |
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When you asked for the challenge and it wasn't granted seemed to lose your way a little bit. I was sitting on that line and I saw that it was a double fault. Unfortunately, the chair didn't give the opportunity to have that challenge. Can you take us through that time frame. |
| Maria Sharapova |
Um, I mean, you know, there are different moments in the match which we can talk about but, you know, it's tough to pinpoint just one of those.
Obviously we don't know. Maybe what you saw was wrong, too. I mean, we don't know.Doesn't matter now. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 Semi Final Interview |
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| August 14, 2010 |
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| Question |
Did the power failure upset your
rhythm on your serve? You had just broken to go 2-1 in second and lost your next three service games. Kind of curious what happened there. |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, I think, um, it kind of changed many things. You know, not that I did much different on the serve. I think I just, you know, maybe stepped back a little bit and let her play -- I mean, I wasn't doing the things that I was doing to get up in the match. I really stopped doing that.
I made her hit some -- by giving her the opportunity to step in and hit some shots, she did what she does best what, get her in the semis. So I think I really gave her the chance to come back
into the match. |
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Speaking of the light failure, has
that ever happened to you before? |
| Maria Sharapova |
No. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 Quarter Final Interview |
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| August 13, 2010 |
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| Question |
Did you feel as dominant as you
looked tonight? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, I was playing a really high level throughout the whole match. That was really important, because she's been playing really good tennis this week. I knew that from my previous matches I really had to step it up. She was a different type of opponent that didn't give you much time and just really is aggressive. I kind of had to take it to her from the beginning, which many things were going well for me.
Then had a bit of a hiccup with those two games in the end. I was fortunate that I just stayed focused in the end and won it. |
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You just lost one point on your
serve all night. What did you screw up on? |
| Maria Sharapova |
(Laughter.) No, you know, sometimes it's almost, you know, harder, because when you feel like things are going your way and, you know, the rhythm is there,
you know, you're playing really solid, doing all the right things, and all of a sudden you're one game away from winning the match and everything being perfect, then you almost do a little too much. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 3rd Round Interview |
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| August 12, 2010 |
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The last match played you against her in Stanford you went the distance, and today looked like you were in total control. What did you do differently this match that maybe didn't happen in Stanford? |
| Maria Sharapova |
I started really slow in my previous match, and that really hurt me. I didn't break her once in the first set of that match, which, you know, is not a really good sign.
But I was able to change things around, and won pretty comfortably in the next two sets.So I went on the court today with a similar frame of mind, where I really got to have a good beginning if
I wanted to have a chance today and not spend three hours out there |
| Question |
You broke all but one of her serves
in the first set. Were you really confident with your returning today? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Um, I think, you
know, I really had to be, because her return is one of her strengths. You know, she's makes you run a lot balls back, so it's really important if you can get a good hit on the first ball. |
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