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Maria Sharapova: What she said, really meant and definitely did not
What she said:
“Do they need it? I think everybody needs different things in their lives.”
Maria Sharapova replying to a question as to whether every girl requires a basket ball player in their lives—an obvious reference to her boyfriend,Sasha Vujacic.
What she really meant:
“Everybody needs something—just not the same thing and certainly not at the same time.”
What she definitely didn’t:
“Sasha’s not an object.”
Maria Sharapova: What she said, really meant and definitely did not
What she said:
"I don’t have any regrets about being 24."
Maria Sharapova is enjoying her status as one of the elder stateswomen on the WTA tour.The Russian has won three majors in her eight years and is one of the favourites for this year’s Wimbledon.
What she really meant:
“I’m 24 and I’m old. So what?”
What she definitely didn’t:
“I feel like I’m a 100 years old.”
Wimbledon 2011: Maria Sharapova favoured to clinch her fourth major
Wimbledon, the Williams and Caroline Wozniacki.
The trio of Ws coming together could generate more than enough hype and hoopla to keep sports writers busy for the next 14 days.
Maria Sharapova is making headlines—not for her fashion sense, boyfriends or her clothing line—but for her tennis. A fabulous run at the French Open reminded players and fans alike why she was considered one of the most exciting talents to burst onto the WTA tour at 17.
Li Na—her first ever major at Roland Garros—and a billion-plus Chinese fans ignited a Marco Polo-like rush to discover the next Chinese star.
The withdrawal of Kim Clijsters—an aggravation of her ankle injury—means that the Belgian is—for all practical purposes—-hobbled in her farewell year.
Maria Sharapova: What she said, really meant and definitely did not
What she said:
“But, you know, good retail therapy and I’ll be fine."
Maria Sharapova intends to go shopping to cheer herself up after losing her semi-final against Li Na.
What she really meant:Maria Sharapova: What she said, really meant and definitely did not
What she said:
“We’ve done this for almost all our lives, so we feel like we’re on this sort of hamster carousel and we just keep going.I think that’s why it feels like every year we come back and like: ‘Oh, nothing changes’, and next year you come back, ‘Oh, nothing changes’.
Same old same press conference room, same court, same people. That makes you feel old."
Maria Sharapova sympathises with Rafael Nadal’s statement that he feels like he’s been on the tour for “100 years”.
What she really meant:
“You think you remember me? See, I recall you too and you’re boring.”
What she definitely didn’t:
“Just call me ‘Shareapova’”
Maria Sharapova: What she said, really meant and definitely didn’t
“I dream more in Russian than I do in English.But I think in English sometimes more than Russian.”
Maria Sharapova clarifies that she dreams in her native tongue but thinks mostly in the world’s premier lingua franca.
What she really meant:
“I experience REM in Russian.”
What she definitely didn’t:
“I dream of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace.”
French party at Roland Garros 2011 (Humour)
Image via Wikipedia
It’s official.
This year’s French Open is not about Roger Federer. Was it ever? Except for that little aberration in 2009, with Rafa missing.
It’s centres on that Serbian upstart Novak Djokovic and that muscled monster, Rafael Nadal.
Who’s Roger, indeed?
Maria Sharapova conquers Rome and Samantha Stosur: Paris awaits
Up until the 15th of May 2011, Maria Sharapova had two clay court titles under her belt.
Strasbourg 2010 and Amelia Island 2008 were her only clay court trophies of 22 on the WTA Tour.
But not now. With her victory over Samantha Stosur at Rome on Sunday, the Siberian staked her claim to the French Open this year.She stalked her adversaries and crept up on her prey, unsuspecting. Beware—Maria, the huntress, is on the prowl.
Australian Open 2011: Not quite giant-killers but no fly-swatters either
Daniela Hantuchova: Image via Wikipedia
It’s always difficult coming into the first Grand Slam of the year. It is as though one has to shake off the excesses of the Christmas festivities ,shed the trappings of the successes in the previous year and get down to business on a clean slate. Yet, one has to act as though one were never away from the hurly-burly of the action on court.
A Gallery Of Roguish Quotes At The US Open 2010
What they said, what they really meant and what they definitely didn’t.
Our beloved tennis players are eminently quotable. They can rise to the occasion and serve up wonderful sound bytes – some terrific , some terrible – when accosted at their press conferences and when grilled at interviews.
A sampling from the articulate geniuses.
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