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Maria Sharapova's Interviews |
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| Wimbledon 2010, 1st Round Interview |
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| June 22, 2010 |
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Couldn't have been much easier, could it? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Uhm, it always could (laughter).
Uhm, yeah, it was the first time I played against her. The draw changed a little bit. I was expecting to play someone else. Kind of last minute was playing against her.
But I never played either. So I think the goal today was, you know, to come out and just try to figure things out pretty quickly. And, uhm, I did a good job of that.
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Physically, are you almost a hundred percent fit? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Uhm, yeah. I feel good. My body feels good. You know, I'm in much better match condition than I was last year. Feel good physically, yeah. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Wimbledon Pre-Tournament Interview |
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| June 19, 2010 |
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Are you still serving big like you did at Birmingham, 121? |
| Maria Sharapova |
121? There are no speed guns at the practice courts at Aorangi. Feels good. Had a few good practices in the last few days. Just trying to stay warm now, you know.
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The queen is going to be here on Thursday. There's an issue of whether to curtsy. What would you do? |
| Maria Sharapova |
I've never had the honor to curtsy before. I think I was probably too young for that and the rule kind of went away. So, uhm, it would be kind of fun. Yeah, I'd love to do it. I think it would be an honor for all of us, yeah. |
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| Roland Garros 2010 3rd Round Interview |
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| May 30, 2010 |
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In the entire third set you played incredible tennis. I mean, you are very aggressive, very long. I don't recall you playing that incredible game here. You definitely can win the French Open if you play like that, don't you think? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Can you come to every press conference of mine? (laughter.)
God. Yeah, but, you know, not enough on this particular day. You know, I definitely played some good tennis, but it wasn't enough to win the match. At the end of the day, no matter how good or bad you play, you know, she's the one with the W. |
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How encouraged are you by the way you've played, not only leading up to this event but in this event itself, as well, giving you some encouragement for the next few months? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, there's a lot of work to do. You know, this was a good week. It was a long but a solid week. I certainly had my opportunities in this match. It's definitely frustrating when you feel like you had them and just didn't take them, or was a little bit hesitant.
But just, you know, I know the things that hurt me a little bit today. I just really want to go out on that court and just work on them a little bit more, because I know that they will help me a little bit more in the future. |
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| Roland Garros 2010 2nd Round Interview |
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| May 28, 2010 |
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You've certainly had a more businesslike time in your first two matches here this year than last year. Can you just talk about how different your sensations are? And also, are you looking forward to playing Justine, even though it's an early round? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, well, every year is a new year, and you face different opponents and different situations. You know, the past few years I've had my fair share of difficult early rounds, and most of them have gone to three sets.
So it's been a nice change of pace to get the job done in two in the last few days. My next one is obviously gonna be tough, and I look forward to it. We've had some great matches in the past, and, you know, we've had some battles. I've had some tough losses and great wins. I look forward to this one. |
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Did you used to sort of be frustrated on the clay and say, If this was only a hardcourt or grass or something like that? Have you gotten over that now? Are you fairly comfortable and it is what it is and you're happy to play on the clay? |
| Maria Sharapova |
I really do enjoy it. I've learned a lot playing on it the last few years. Now when I play someone that hits a lot of slices or a lot of high balls, it doesn't really bother me. You know, it doesn't affect me as it did, you know, many years ago, because, you know, I knew physically I couldn't be out on the court, you know, I couldn't last quite that long as I feel that I can now.
So just try to go for a little bit more than I should have. You know, I've learned and I've worked on that, and I certainly feel like I'm, you know, more patient out there when I face those opponents on clay. |
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| Indian Wells 2010, 3rd Round Interview |
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| March 14, 2010 |
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| Question |
You're up a break at 3-2 and then you got treated for what on your arm? What happened there? |
| Maria Sharapova |
My elbow. I just felt like I couldn't really extend it all the way. It was a little stuck. So it was going on for a while, but I thought it would be best to call the trainer.
She said - I actually didn't want to take a timeout then, but she said if I didn't do it then I couldn't do it later. I had to take a three-minute timeout. |
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Was there a lot of pain there? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, this week - ever since I got here, I'm not sure if it's the balls or maybe the air and the tension is a little bit tighter. I'm not really sure.
But I guess she said that more than average have been complaining about arms, so I don't know. |
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