Maria Sharapova Felt Quotations

I won the first set, and I felt like for some reason, it was over,

I was moving quite well in the first set and then second set I felt a little sloppy, ... You know, played a sloppy game at 4-2 serving with the wind, made a few easy errors. But other than that, came back strong. She hits pretty flat, so it was a little different compared to the other opponents I played in previous matches.

Obviously, I felt a little tired but that's normal after playing four straight weeks. I mean, I'm not gonna feel great. My body's not gonna feel great. That's absolutely normal. But I just have to give it all I had, and I tried. But, you know, at the end of the day, just come up short. That's all right.

I actually felt pretty good. I'm really happy about it because that's one of the first times I played a match without feeling anything. You know, I don't expect it to be that like for the whole tournament. So I'm very happy I got through that one without any pain.

I was in that period right after I won Wimbledon, ... The next four months, I felt like I had to win every match. It's a matter of telling yourself that it's impossible to win everything ? no matter what people say. You can't control people's actions. My big thing is to just keep working hard. Because one day, you're going to be on court and you'll win a match and realize that the hard work paid off. That's exactly what I did last year. I lost here and I worked my butt off.

I felt pretty good out there, ... I was hitting pretty solid, doing the right things, serving well, putting pressure on her.

I felt I could break her any time. I know people are hungry to beat me after I won Wimbledon but I love beating them too.

It was up and down. I felt a little awkward in some situations because I haven't been match tough lately. I'm absolutely exhausted.

I knew it was going to be tough. I came out hitting a lot of winners. I felt like I was playing great. After the second set, I didn't feel like I was there. I felt like I was making too many errors. I managed to get it back (in the third set).

I just felt like I was late and couldn't find my rhythm.

There were a lot of ups and downs. There were times when I felt like couldn't make anything.

I twisted my ankle early on and I felt it a little bit. I was a little bit distracted but it got better game by game after that,

When the points started getting longer and longer, I felt that she had the advantage.

I felt really good. It feels good to get back into action. It's good to be back on the court competing. That's where I belong.