In the press center at Wimbledon buzz Copier, multiplying the running for reporters to cheer about Maria Sharapova. Foreigners want to know everything: where she was born, why six years had gone to Florida, which target set itself. This is understandable: not everyone, even very capable, tennis player can reach the fourth round of Grand Slam in 16 years.The vast majority of tennis fans who visited last week at Wimbledon, was immediately won over this long-haired girl in the compressing hand fist before each point. And, indeed, a brilliant game Sharapova can not but admire. And apparently it makes a very good impression. A year ago when I took her here during an interview with the junior competition, she looked pretty friendly girls. The same continues today, although to speak with Maria Sharapova has become much more complicated. People surrounding the young tennis player, carefully preserve it, and to journalists while Maria just talking to the press conferences. Well, this is logic: in such a tender age is not easy to cope with high psychological stress, which have fallen in these days for its share.
But she thinks about her Elena Dementieva, recently conceded Mary in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Birmingham:- We met with Sharapova at the beginning of this year in Hong Kong exhibition tournament. For its 16 years, she is very confident on the court is held, it is clear that it is well mentally prepared not only to serious competition, but also to winning them. Most of all I like to feed her. Masha is still very young, and her game a lot of enthusiasm in the good reckless attacks.Well, perhaps it is feeding, enthusiasm and lack of fear of mistakes helped Sharapova in 1 hour 17 minutes to defeat at the prestigious first-court Wimbledon sown "by 11 th number Yugoslav Elena Dokic. The same one which is itself four years ago became the author here supersensatsii, in the first round defeating itself Martina Hingis, and then reached the quarterfinals.By the way, on Saturday at a press conference, Helen was asked to compare her to achieve with the current Sharapovsky.- Do not forget that I beat then top-ranked - without false modesty, said Dokic, but immediately noticed that in the future Sharapova fully able to enter in the top ten.In this equally by and large the game all decided several important drawings, in which Sharapova was peerless, and Dokic, conversely, is vulnerable. Of his four break-points she failed to implement a single, while Maria Sharapova used two out of five: in the opening game of the first batch and the fifth in the second.
- What can you say about his next opponent - Svetlana Kuznetsova? - I said Sharapova.- While almost nothing. Her game watched my dad (he's one of the coaches Sharapova. - EF), which will help me to develop tactics for this match.
- In the second round you defeated another Russian woman - Elena Bovina. Probably the matches with countrywomen tune in a special way?- Basically for me it does not matter from which country tennis is on the other half of the court. I always try to play my game.This our communion with Mary, and so far limited. But I retain the hope that the next time I have better luck.
Eugene Fedyakov"Sport-Express"30.06.2003
