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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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| Question |
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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