| Maria Sharapova Meets Veronica in Stanford |
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August 12, 2010
I had a great time with Veronica Belmont, technology and online blogger. We hit a few balls on the tennis court and then talked about the sport, fashion, my Facebook fans and her Twitter followers. She's very cool and better at tennis than I expected!
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 3rd Round Interview |
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| August 12, 2010 |
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| Question |
The last match played you against her in Stanford you went the distance, and today looked like you were in total control. What did you do differently this match that maybe didn't happen in Stanford? |
| Maria Sharapova |
I started really slow in my previous match, and that really hurt me. I didn't break her once in the first set of that match, which, you know, is not a really good sign.
But I was able to change things around, and won pretty comfortably in the next two sets.So I went on the court today with a similar frame of mind, where I really got to have a good beginning if
I wanted to have a chance today and not spend three hours out there |
| Question |
You broke all but one of her serves
in the first set. Were you really confident with your returning today? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Um, I think, you
know, I really had to be, because her return is one of her strengths. You know, she's makes you run a lot balls back, so it's really important if you can get a good hit on the first ball. |
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| Maria Sharapova Defeats Radwanska in Cincinnati 2010 |
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August 12, 2010
Maria is through to the quarters in Cincinnati after she defeated #7 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2 6-3 in 1 hour and 31 minutes.
The first 3 games of the first set were breaks of serve but then Maria started to get into the match and built a 5-1 lead. Radwanska then held her serve and Maria came out and served for the set and won the set on a backhand winner. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 2nd Round Interview |
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| August 11, 2010 |
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| Question |
You seemingly broke her serve at
will today. Seven breaks. What was it about her serve that made it a little bit easier for you to read tonight? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Um, yeah, I mean, I thought it was really important to just be aggressive on the return and put a lot of pressure on her from the beginning. It was the first time we played against each other, so from the getgo I wanted to play my game and figure things out
quickly and figure out her game as quickly as I could.
I think did a good job of that. |
| Question |
The guys usually say this court plays faster than Toronto or Montreal. |
| Maria Sharapova |
Right. |
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| Maria Sharapova Through to Cincinnati 2010 Last 16 |
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August 11, 2010
Maria moved into the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati after she defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-3 6-1 in 1 hour and 23 minutes.
In Maria's first match against the German, she took a 4-1 lead. Petkovic then took the next 2 games, Maria re-took control of the set by taking the 2 more games to take the first set 6-3 in 43 minutes. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati 2010 1st Round Interview |
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| August 10, 2010 |
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| Question |
Seemed like you had a lot of
unforced errors tonight. Is that something that maybe is indicative of the first time you played here, just trying to get used to the court? |
| Maria Sharapova |
Yeah. Also, I played a tournament about nine or ten days ago, and it's your first match and you have a tough opponent. Completely different conditions than you're used to. Um, you know, started off the match really muggy, and just felt like a lot of the balls from both my side and hers were just flying.
You know, you just kind of try to get control of everything, you know, from the groundstrokes to the serves. Sometimes I felt like I got a little unlucky and some were pretty close.
So just a matter of kind of staying consistent, and, you know, just really focusing on what I had to do instead of unforced errors. |
| Question |
The guys usually say this court plays faster than Toronto or Montreal. |
| Maria Sharapova |
Right. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Wins on Her Debut in Cincinnati 2010 |
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August 10, 2010
Maria won a tough match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati. Maria won 6-4 1-6 6-2 in 2 hours and 12 minutes.
The first set was a close affair as both players managed to hold their serves until Maria broke to lead 5-4 and then held her serve to take the set 6-4 in 48 minutes.
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| Evian Live Young Baby T Contest |
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August 10, 2010
You already hold what you do with your time to some pretty high standards - but just this once, evian® will be the judge of how you Live young! evian has declared August 'Live young® Month' in New York City. Tell them how you Live young for a chance to win a Baby T (just like mine)!
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| Maria Sharapova's Cincinnati Training Video |
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August 08, 2010
It's always fun going to a new city to play a tournament. We arrived Thursday and have been getting in some good training.
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| Cincinnati 2010 Draw Released |
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August 08, 2010
The draw for the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati has been released and Maria is the #10 seed and will play Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the 1st round on Tuesday.
Maria has played Kuznetsova 8 times before and the series is tied 4-4, all but 1 meeting was on played on hardcourts. |
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| Maria Sharapova's Old Photos |
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August 06, 2010
We found some old photos of me at the 2000 US Open. I was there for 2 days doing a clinic, it was my first time at the US open. I think one of the photos shows my very first autograph!! I hope everyone enjoys them.
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