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Maria Sharapova's First Round Interview of China Open 2010 in Beijing

October 03, 2010
Question	I wanted to ask you a little bit about how you felt about the matchtoday. At times you seemed a little bitsluggish. How was your preparation sincebeing in Tokyo last week?
Maria Sharapova	Yeah, going down in the first round in Tokyo and coming here gives you kind of a little bit of a window to prepare but also doesn't give you as much match play as you obviously had hoped. The first rounds are always quite difficult,and I faced a tough opponent today. You know, I think the first rounds are never quite perfect and you just try to, you know, find your way and your rhythm a little bit, and there are definitely afew ups and downs. At the end of theday, I found a way to win, and, you know, that was the most important thing today..
Question	You had several early leads, multiple match point opportunities bothduring the game and in the tiebreaker, but your opponent came back pretty of tenthroughout the match. I was wonderinghow you would evaluate your performance during those times.
Maria Sharapova	Obviously in an ideal situation you want to take those opportunities, and, you know, you don't really want to give your opponent those chances to come back, but I think she stepped up when she was behind. Some times it's when your opponent plays their best tennis is when they're behind, and they kind of don't have much to lose and they go for their shots. She started swinging away, and I was a little bit late and a little bit more tentative, and, you know, let her back in thematch. Like I said, that was one of the things, there was a little too many swings today.

Maria Sharapova's US Open 2010 4^th Round Interview

Maria Sharapova's US Open 2010 Fourth Round Interview

September 06, 2010
Question	36 unforced errors, 9 double faults. Do you think you kind of gave the match to her?
Maria Sharapova	Uhm, even with those, you know, unforced errors, I still had my chances and I was 1 for 8 on breakpoints. You know, against someone that's playing really well, you know, playing with a lot of confidence, it's really important to take those chances that you have, the very few that come your way. I felt like I played a couple of good points and then, you know, make an easy error, hit a return long or miss a first serve, give her many looks at second serve returns. You know, didn't feel like I put much pressure on her, you know.
Question	What is she doing especially well?
Maria Sharapova	She's retrieving a lot of balls. You know, she served really well today. She used the wind really effectively, you know, especially when she was playing against the wind. You know, she was able to use many things to her advantage. I wasn't able to capitalize.

Maria Sharapova's US Open 2010 3^rd Round Interview

September 04, 2010
Question	Last year you had this type of matchup with a young upstart; you lost. This year you pretty much dominated. What was the difference today?
Maria Sharapova	Yeah, you know, this was a new day. And what happened last year, you know, I didn't really want to go into the match thinking about it. You know, obviously I had lost the match and made way too many unforced errors. On a day like today, I just wanted to make sure I was consistent and did the right thing, and, you know, maybe didn't go for the lines as much and just played smart tennis.
Question	You're probably going to play the No. 1 seed on Monday.
Maria Sharapova	Uh huh.

Maria Sharapova's US Open 2010 2^nd Round Interview

September 02, 2010
Question	Pretty routine? You didn't have to play great, but steady enough, served pretty well, good off the ground.
Maria Sharapova	Yeah, I thought I just had to be consistent today, you know, because I'm playing a lefty. It's a little gusty out there. You know, it's just important to hang in there and, you know, not normally go for the lines as much, try to be a little more consistent. My first serve percentage was quite low in the first set, but in the second set that got better. I got a few free points off of that. Yeah, overall it was solid. I played the important points well.
Question	So second set, when you're well in control, did you think, Maybe I'll try a couple things to use in the next round?
Maria Sharapova	Yeah, the main thing is to do the things that you feel are gonna help you win, you know, not just this match but the matches coming up, what's gonna make you better even if you make a few more mistakes. For me, it's being aggressive, not being tentative, really going for it, you know, having something on the ball instead of letting the opponent kind of dictate.

Maria Sharapova's US Open 2010 1^st Round Interview

August 31, 2010
Question	What happened out there tonight?
Maria Sharapova	I won the match in three.
Question	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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