Maria Sharapova 2003
The 2003 are opened with the debut in a torneo of the Slam, to the Australian Open, in which it already exceeds the qualifications stopping but its race to the first turn, against the most expert Koukalova, it strikes than it of measure 6-4, 7-6. She obtains 2 wild card for Indian Wells and Miami, “wasting them” both with an escape to the first turn, thus as she exits to the first turn to Charleston after to have old the qualifications: these defeats against anything but irresistibili adversaries make to believe that Maria is still sour for the greater circuit. In agreement with its staff returns to participate to a torneo ITF: perfect choice, because the Victoria in the torneo of Sea Island will be the true springboard of launch and source of new confidence for Maria.
The Russian faces the qualifications of the Roland Garros and she exceeds to them, while to the first turn fold, on a surface that she loves little, to the Serna Spanish, specialist of the red one. It decides to try the qualifications to the torneo of Birmingham, on the grass, in order to prepare itself for Wimbledon: Maria demonstrates to play very well on this surface, in which she can take advantage of fully own aggressiveness and obtains scalpi important, which that one of the Dechy to II the turn and above all of Elena Dementeva in the quarters, before surrendering in 3 set to the Asagoe in semiend. This result is worth them a leap in classifies of approximately 30 places and the income in top the 100, but above all the access to the tabellone of Wimbledon through a wild card.
Own to Wimbledon Maria finds the stage ideal in which making to see to the great public its value, slipping into the first 3 turns a splendid raid by horseback sees that it to clearly defeat the Harkleroad, the Bovine and above all the n.12 of the seeding, Jelena Dokić, all in 2 set. To the fourth it sees it turn of forehead to an other Russian young person in strong rise, Svetlana Kuznetsova, with which, after to have clearly lost the first set and gained clearly the II equally, it engages one altalenante duel that is resolved in favor of the adversary with the score of 7-5.
Maria earns other points in classifies and faces the American season, catching up the third turn to Los Angeles against number 2 of the world, the Clijsters Belgian, from which she loses not without but being removed the satisfaction to tear them a set with the score of 6-1. To Flushing Meadow she exits already to II the turn against the Loit French, obtains the quarters to Shangai, in which she engages the Dementeva. She enters between top the 50 and she introduces herself to the Japan Open with the series head n.5: Maria catches up the end against the modest Kapros, but to cause also of the emotion she drags the match until to the tie break of III the set, in which finally held class and they allow athletic them to have the better one of the adversary and to adjudicate first trophy WTA.
Torneo Al of Lussembergo exits clearly in semiend against Clijsters, losing 6-0, 6-3: Maria still does not have chopped herbs a tennista pertaining to top the 10, but she can be consoled closing optimal a 2003 with second the Victoria, to the torneo of Quebec City, credited of the series head n.2 meets in end the modest Sequeros that, after to have lost the first set for 6-2, she is withdrawn. This optimal season is been worth them the prize of newcomer of the year from the WTA.
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