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| Maria Sharapova's Second Round Interview of China Open 2010 in Beijing |
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| October 05, 2010 |
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It's turning out to be a bad end of the season for you, isn't it? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah, I'm definitely not as good as I wanted to be. But, you know, I didn't really have a great preparation coming into these last couple tournaments. You know, after the Open I wasn't really able to I didn't train as much as I wanted to, and I feel like the last couple of weeks I have just been trying to play catchup.
Going on the court hasn't my rhythm hasn't been where it should be. So obviously it's disappointing, but I've lost and won many matches in my career. You know, you just have to regroup and find a way to, you know, to improve things and get better and look forward to a new season. |
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What is your schedule for the rest of the season? |
| Maria Sharapova |
I'm not sure, actually. I think I'm scheduled to play Moscow, but I don't know. We'll see. |
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| Maria Sharapova Out of China Open 2010 in Beijing |
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October 05, 2010
Maria's China Open campaign is over as she lost 6-7(3) 2-6 in 1 hour and 39 minutes to Elena Vesnina of Russia in the 2nd round.
After the loss, Maria said: "She was really aggressive, she hit the ball really deep today and really consistently, as well. That kind of kept me on the defence, and I was never really able to step in and do things that I do well." |
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| Maria Sharapova's Second Round Match Schedule |
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October 04, 2010
Maria will play her 2nd round match at the China Open in Beijing on Tuesday against Elena Vesnina of Russia. Maria has played Vesnina once before at the Australian Open in 2008 and won in straight sets.
This match will be the 3rd match on the Lotus Court and the schedule of play begins at 12.30 local time. |
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| Maria Sharapova's First Round Interview of China Open 2010 in Beijing |
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| October 10, 2010 |
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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.. |
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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. |
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| Maria Sharapova Wins 1st Round Match of China Open 2010 in Beijing |
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October 03, 2010
Maria is through to the 2nd round of the China Open in Beijing after she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-4 7-6(5) in 2 hours and 6 minutes.
Maria had some trouble closing the match out as she lost 9 straight points while leading 6-4 5-4 and double match point at 40-15 but she regrouped to take the second set in a tie-break 7-5. |
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