Maria shines in Beijing

One hour and 25 minutes needed Maria to defeat Elina Svitolina of Ukraine at China Open. Maria won in straight sets: 6-2, 6-2.

After the match, Maria said: "It was great to have a good start to the match. She's had a lot of success this year and had a good tournament last week, so it was a tough second round opponent and I'm really happy to get through."

"She made me hit a lot of balls - she's a really good mover from side to side - so I tried to open up the court a little bit when I could. Even though the score wasn't close, a lot of the games went to deuce and it was tough at times out there."

In 3rd Round, Maria will play against Carla Suarez-Navarro of Spain. Maria played twice against the spanish player and the score is tied at 1. Their last match was this year in Montreal, where Navarro won in 3 sets.

GO MARIA !!!

Back to victories

Maria won her 1st Round match at China Open in beijing in straight sets: 6-1, 6-4 against Kaia Kanepi of Estonia after one hour adn 30 minutes.

After the match, Maria said: "I thought I played a difficult opponent, someone that I've had trouble against in the past. She's capable of playing really well, has beaten top players before in her career." 

"Her ranking has dropped a little bit this year, but overall I knew it was a challenging first round opponent and I thought I handled that quite well considering I didn't have a great result last week. I started off the match quite well and followed through with that."

About her way to serve, Maria said: "I actually thought I served quite well today. I was very aggressive and I put a lot of pressure on her."

"I'm usually somebody that goes for my serve. If I make more errors, I feel more confident knowing that I'm going for it rather than just making my opponent hit a ball. That's always been my philosophy. Of course, I don't want to see the number of double faults very high. But overall I thought in key moments I served well."

In 2nd Round, Maria will play against Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. Maria never played Svitolina before.

GO MARIA !!!

Press conference in China

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First hard test in China

Maria made another great come-back in 2nd Round at Wuhan Open. She defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in 3 sets: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 after 2 hours and 9 minutes of play.

After the match, Maria said: "Svetlana is a very good player, a former Grand Slam champion, and we've had really tough matches in the past. She was a very difficult first opponent for me, so I was happy with the way I played in the second and third sets. I wasn't waiting for her to give me the match. I really stepped up after the first set, and that was really important."

In 3rd Round match, Maria will play either Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland or Ekaterina Makarova of Russia.



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Press conference in China

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Maria qualifies for WTA Finals Singapore !

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US Open 2014 - End of story

Maria lost in 4th Round against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in 3 sets: 4-6, 6-2, 2-6 after 2 hours and 37 minutes of play.

After this 4th Round match, Maria said: “It's so easy to forget that you get yourself back in such a great position in your career where you win a Grand Slam, you're playing the US Open, which you missed last year.I have never really had an easy journey to this step of where I am today. From my days in Russia to even now, we always go through challenges and adversity. I think we’re still not sitting here today saying I’m the strongest person physically or mentally, because I always want to improve.”

The next tournament in Maria`s schedule is Wuhan Open. This tournament is at his first edition and it will start on September 21st.



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