Maria Sharapova Points Quotations

She was able to come back from tough points and play a few more. I was just not able to keep up with that pace and that was the key.

I gave it all I had in the tie breaker and then in the third I ran out of gas, ... At that point it's pretty tough, physically as the points were going longer, it was to Kim's advantage. Physically, I still have to get a lot better.

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

A couple of points in the third set made a difference to the end result, ... When I was 1-5 down, I played very relaxed and tied the score but at 5-all, she held her serve after she had a couple of lucky points and it turned her way. I should forget this loss because I had two good weeks in Russia and will take positive things from my game today.

It was tough today, she was hitting winners off both sides and I couldn't put two points together. I was a little tired from my previous matches.

It was tough. I couldn't put two points together. I was tired from my previous match, and now I need some time off.

I think the surface helps a lot. It gives a lot more free points than other surfaces. Serving aces out of nowhere when you haven't had any before, that comes out of confidence.

I think physically it was very difficult to keep up with Svetlana today. She was able to come back from the tough points and play a few more.

It gives me a lot of confidence that I can pull out a win like that when there are points in the match where you don't feel great.

I kind of gave it all I had in the tiebreaker and just basically ran out of gas in the third set. Physically, I have to get a lot better and play these three-setters where the points are going to go on and on. Today's match is a great example that it's physical.