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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 Final Interview |
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| August 16, 2010 |
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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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| Kim Clijsters Ends Maria Sharapova's Run in Cincinnati 2010 Tournament |
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August 15, 2010
Maria's run in Cincinnati came to an end in the final against #4 seed Kim Clijsters of Belgium. Maria lost 6-2 6-7 (4) 2-6 in a match time of 2 hours and 30 minutes.
From 2-2 in the first set, Maria took control of the set by taking the next 4 games to take the set 6-2 in 42 minutes. Maria faced 2 breakpoints on her serve in the set and saved both of them.
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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. |
| Question |
Speaking of the light failure, has
that ever happened to you before? |
| Maria Sharapova |
No. |
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| Maria Sharapova in to Cincinnati 2010 Final |
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August 14, 2010
Maria grinded out a tough 3-set victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia to advance to her 5th final of 2010 in Cincinnati. Maria won 6-4 3-6 6-2 in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
It was a tricky match for Maria against a player who was on a 9-match winning streak but she came through to play her first final in her first appearance in Cincinnati. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 Quarter Final Interview |
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| August 13, 2010 |
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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 Shines Under The Lights at Cincinnati 2010 |
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August 13, 2010
Maria defeated #16 seed Marion Bartoli of France to advance to the semis in Cincinnati. Maria won 6-1 6-4 in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Maria came out firing in the first set as she dropped only 1 game against the 16th seed. The first set took only 29 minutes and Maria won the set when Bartoli hit a shot long. Maria's serve was particularly impressive in this set as she had a first serve percentage of 74% and won 13 out of 14 points when the first serve when in. Maria also had 5 aces to 1 double-fault. |
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