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Maria Sharapova's Interviews |
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| Maria Sharapova's Wimbledon Pre-Tournament Interview |
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| June 20, 2009 |
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Michael Stich said today that lady tennis players shouldn't grunt because it makes them unsexy, and sex appeal is the main selling point of women's tennis. Do you have an opinion on that? |
| Maria Sharapova |
No, I don't really have an opinion. I've been out of this game for such a long time that my focus is just to go out on the court and play tennis and do my job.
My job is to go out there and perform and do the best that I can. At the end of the day, it's all about winning and losing for me. |
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When you come back here now, what's more on your mind: how far you've had to come back after your surgery or the victory in 2004? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, uhm, it's strange, 'cause I feel like last year's Wimbledon didn't really exist for me. So, you know, I only played a couple of matches. The grass season basically didn't exist, as well. So, uhm, it's just I mean, to be here I guess is already an accomplishment in itself, because when I look back to where I was, you know, say, 10 or 11 months ago, or even three months ago, you know, I'm definitely blessed to be here, especially after, you know, playing a few tournaments and getting a few matches on grass already, to be in the field of great players. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Roland Garros Quarter Final Interview |
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| June 02, 2009 |
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You looked very tired, but you fight until the last ball. Can you explain what you feel, how you feel now. |
| Maria Sharapova |
Um, it took me a while, obviously, to start going for my shots and create, you know, good opportunities to come to the netand finish the point off, you know, closer to the court.
Yeah, it just -- you know, I guess you could only ask your body to do so much. You know, everything fell a little short today. The pace wasn't there on my strokes, and, you know, I was five steps slower today.
I think everything kind of combines. The fact that, you know, she just played really solid and made me hit a lot of balls, and I came up short today. |
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The game today, it looked as if the score didn't reflect the game. It didn't look as if it should be such a difference in the score within the game. What happened? It's as if you lost most of the crucial points. |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, definitely. I don't know, second game of the match, 15-40,I missed two returns in a row. I mean, that's just, you know, stupid. You give your opponent so much confidence.
And many games after that it was 30-All. Yeah, obviously when you lose a few of those in a row, your opponent all of a sudden gains momentumand gains confidence, and then it's pretty difficult to get those opportunities back again.
So you've got to take advantage of them when you have the opportunities. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Roland Garros 4 th Round Interview |
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| May 31, 2009 |
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From the beginning of the week, you have played six and a half hour. Is it okay for you physically, and for yourshoulder? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, I think it's a lot better than playing six and a half and going somewhere else tomorrow. I think I'm giving myself another chance to, you know, play again and play another match. That's the only thing I could ask for right now. |
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Did you have the time to give a look to the draw? I mean, because you have a good chance. You seem to have a good draw. I know you look one opponent at a time, butstill... |
| Maria Sharapova |
So why do you ask me the question? (laughter.) |
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| Maria Sharapova's Roland Garros 3 rd Round Interview |
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| May 29th, 2009 |
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| Question |
From the beginning of the week, you have played six and a half hour. Is it okay for you physically, and for yourshoulder? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, I think it's a lot better than playing six and a half and going somewhere else tomorrow. I think I'm giving myself another chance to, you know, play again and play another match. That's the only thing I could ask for right now. |
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Did you have the time to give a look to the draw? I mean, because you have a good chance. You seem to have a good draw. I know you look one opponent at a time, butstill... |
| Maria Sharapova |
So why do you ask me the question? (laughter.) |
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| Maria Sharapova's Roland Garros 1st Round Interview |
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| May 25th, 2009 |
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How encouraged were you by your performance today? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, I started pretty lousy. You know, even though I was up a break, I was just not doing the right things and, you know, letting her play really well. She got a lot of balls back. She made me hit a lot of balls. I was just a little sloppy.
But I totally changed it around, and I started playing a lot better and more aggressive. The match kind of changed after the first few games of the second set. |
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Must be a different feeling this year than last year when you were stillthe No. 1. Can you express your feelings? Where is your level now? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, it's a very different -- very different time in my career, as well, because I've only played a couple of tournaments since I played here last, actually two, only.
So, you know, I feel like I don't have as many matches under my belt as I had coming into this tournament last year, where, you know, I was No. 1. You know, I won a few titles, I was playing really good tennis. This year it's obviously different after having a long layoff.
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