Maria Sharapova Tried Quotations

She tried to mix it up a little at the end of the first set and I knew it would be physically harder. Mentally, I told myself it doesn't matter how many balls it takes, you're going to do everything possible to get one more ball back.

The wind was definitely a factor with the serves sometimes. I tried not to go for the lines so much, and just tried to be consistent.

It was definitely not easy. We were breaking each other's serves left and right out there. It was a miracle when someone held serve. I just tried to hang in there. It's really tough being down two set points. But I gutted it out in the first point, then had an easy second point.

I'm going to be busy these next several weeks rehabbing, training and getting healthy so that I can play my very best for myself, the fans, tournaments and sponsors in 2006. I tried my best to fight through my injuries during the season, but I now realize that I need to take some time off to rest my body and get back to being 100 percent healthy. I look forward to regaining my form and playing at the same highly competitive level that I have in the past. This has been such a disappointing year for me because I'm such a competitive person and I like to win for myself and for my fans.

I knew she would be very patient and I tried to be extra-patient. I knew she wouldn't overpower me.

I hit a good, deep return and Samantha made some errors, she tried to go for too much and she gave me easy ones to put away.

I played well today, ... I started off strong but then I made a few mistakes and she capitalized. She's a good player and has a strong return. I just tried to play my game and in the end I got the win.

I basically just tried to hang in there. I wasn't playing my best tennis, for sure, but I started to pick it up in the third.

The major problem was that I tried to do too much at certain times,