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Q. Congratulations on the win. How does it feel to be in the finals? VERA ZVONAREVA: It's great, you know. It's my first final here, and I played first semifinal here today, so I'm pretty happy to be through this one. Q. You did play a great match. You seemed to keep very focused and aggressive, even when a couple of times your serve seemed to go off on you. But can you talk about your return of serve? It seemed to be extremely good today. I didn't look at any statistics yet, but I noticed... Read Full Story
Q. Do you have fun beating the young, talented players like that? VERA ZVONAREVA: I think it was a tough match, and it was -- it wasn't easy out there. I think, yeah, like I said and you said, she's young and talented, so I'm pretty happy the way I played. I had my ups and downs throughout the match and I had to keep my butt a little bit more today to stay focused on what I had to do. But I'm pretty happy to be through this one. Q. Does experience matter to you a lot now? Do you feel like... Read Full Story
Q. First of all, congratulations. Can you just talk a little bit about the match? You were able to control it, for the most part, seemed like. VERA ZVONAREVA: I think it was very tight match from the very beginning, and I wouldn't say I was controlling everything. I think she was playing really good, and I was playing some games better. But I'm very happy about the way I was able to finish up the first set and the second set, because it was, like I said, very tough and close. I had to serve... Read Full Story
Q. You were down 3‑1, and then you reeled off 11 consecutive games. What happened? VERA ZVONAREVA: I don't know what happened. But I really thought Marion was playing really well in the beginning and I made a few unforced errors, so that's why I think I was down 3‑1. Then I was able to cut down on my unforced errors and I was able to keep a good level of play throughout the whole match. I think it made the difference. Q. Yet to drop a set. Is this the best you've played in a tournament? VERA... Read Full Story
Vera Zvonareva and Maria Sharapova will face each other in an all-Russian final at the Qatar Total Open in Doha on Sunday. Unseeded Zvonareva reached her second final of the year with a 3-6 6-3 6-3 win over China's Na Li , while Sharapova avenged her tough 2007 US Open loss to Agnieszka Radwanska with a 6-4 6-3 victory over the Polish teenager.
To win the semifinal match against China's Na Li, world No.27 Zvonareva battled back from a break down in both the second and third sets. Zvonareva... Read Full Story
World No.5 Maria Sharapova needed three sets to beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 for the Qatar Total Open title, but the important thing is she won and kept her perfect season intact as she extended her match record this year to 14-0.
This is Sharapova’s second title at Doha , previously she won the tournament in 2005. Also, it’s her 18th career title and second of the year following her triumph at the Australian Open last month.
The fourth-seeded Sharapova quickly took... Read Full Story
Q. You were down 3‑1, and then you reeled off 11 consecutive games. What happened? VERA ZVONAREVA: I don't know what happened. But I really thought Marion was playing really well in the beginning and I made a few unforced errors, so that's why I think I was down 3‑1. Then I was able to cut down on my unforced errors and I was able to keep a good level of play throughout the whole match. I think it made the difference. Q. Yet to drop a set. Is this the best you've played in a tournament? VERA... Read Full Story
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova maintained her perfect start to the season beating holder Daniela Hantuchova 7-6 6-1 to advance into the Pacific Life Open semifinals where she’ll meet fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Fourth-seeded Sharapova, champion at Indian Wells in 2006, stormed back from 5-2 down in the first set and forced a tie-break which she won 7-2. In the second set, Sharapova broke fifth-seeded Hantuchova in the second and sixth games to secure her 18th successive... Read Full Story
Top seed Ana Ivanovic defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-1 6-4 to reach the last four of the Pacific Life Open and join Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova there.
Playing her fourth quarterfinal in five tournaments this year, world No.2 Ivanovic broke twelfth-seeded Zvonareva four times and lost only one of her own service games. In the Indian Wells quarterfinal the Serb produced one of her best ever first serve percentages of 73, and powerful groundstrokes enabled her to defeat world No.21... Read Full Story
