Maria Sharapova - Siberian Siren

**Abuttons** · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:00 am Post subject:

Yes! Maria won! 6-4, 2-6, 6-3!! Almost a 3 hours fight!
Look forward to read the press releases!

Great job Masha!!

**kris** · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:06 am Post subject:

well that match took forever, but it was fun to watch.

radwanska tomorrow night, same time i think.

**jim** · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:40 am Post subject:

lets hope Maria will make the final ,its the only thing Eurosport (2)will be showing live.

masha

**Abuttons** · Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:08 am Post subject:

Bingo! The Golden Girl is in the final!! 1-6, 6-2, 6-2!
Well, the first set looks like something to forget about, but the rest of the match apparently went OK.

And now Vika for the final countdown (not for delicate ears....)

Come on, Masha !

**jim** · Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:33 am Post subject:

GREAT WIN!!!!!!!!!!!CONGRATS MARIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! clap2

tonight 9pm CET the final LIVE on Eurosport 2 masha

**Abuttons** · Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:36 am Post subject:

Well....while the Forum seems to become the Land of Silence, Maria unfortunately lost her final in Stanford yesterday.

4-6, 1-6. Not a lot of interesting clues from the press releases. Perhaps Masha was running a bit out of gas after two consecutive three-setters finished quite late at night, and a final to be played already at noon.

Anyhow, after struggling for the whole year to beat players of decent ranking, in this tournament Maria had good victories against players ranked #23, #11 and #8. This is positive and let's hope she continues to perform well through the rest of the season.

Good job Maria, all the best for Cincinnati !

**Abuttons** · Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:30 am Post subject:

Maria's view of the match, and some other news, from the Offical Site.

MARIA LOSES STANFORD FINAL
8/1/2010 8:40:00 PM

Maria's run at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford came to an end at the hands of #8 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the final. Maria lost 4-6 1-6 in 1 hour and 27 minutes.

After the match, Maria said: ."I was a bit up and down in the beginning. I went up 4-3 and played a really sloppy game on our serve and she didn't serve that great of a game. I really started making unforced errors off the return and she really stepped it up and took advantage. I was always on the defensive after that. I think when I tried to get the ball rolling, it was a little late."

"She has many advantages in her game. She gets a lot of balls back and they are really heavy. There is no doubt she is a great player. She has already been in the top-10, so it's not like she is moving up. She has been there, had great wins in her career already and is always a tough one to play against."

"I don't think I served that smart. It was tough on one side to really be consistent and have a higher percentage of first serves. I gave her too many looks on second serves."

"She has always served consistently well when I have played against her. She doesn't have a huge serve, but is pretty smart and mixes it up. I felt like I had a good read on her second serve, but wasn't really making them so it doesn't matter how you read it."

"You do what you have to do with what you have, no matter what it is. It's part of the job. It probably would have been a little easier for me if I hadn't spent so much wasted time on the sets that I lost in the previous two days. That probably would have made my life easier today but that's the way it goes. I also wish I would have played a couple more day matches to get more of a feel because it is a different atmosphere and different feel."

In the new Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings which are released on Monday, Maria will be ranked No.13 with 3460 points.

Maria's next tournament will be the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati which begins on August 9th.

**jim** · Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:09 am Post subject:

Maria still made the final and i got to see her ,so i'm happy!!!!
Azarenka is in good form and was a tough one to beat.

Good work Maria!!! Smile

**Abuttons** · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:18 am Post subject:

Maria confirms her "fuel problem"..... (from mariasharapova.com)

HAPPY WITH THE WEEK
8/2/2010 3:08:00 PM

No gas left in the tank yesterday. Vika played some great tennis, I really enjoy our matches. Overall I am happy with the week and will be on the practice court on Tuesday getting ready for Cincy.