Maria Sharapova 2004
On the credit side Australian Open of 2004, Maria does not go beyond III the turn, in which set from the Myskina compatriot comes defeat in 3, the much more expert in varying tactically game. The two giocatrici will be found again in IV the turn to Indian Wells: also this time the Myskina has the better one, still more clearly, only granting 3 game to Maria. Also to Miami and Berlin the way of Maria is interrupted of forehead to first top ten reserves them you from the tabellone, emphasizing the immaturità of the Russian young person for the more prestigious goals. To Rome, sfata Maria the taboo, striking n.10 the Dementeva in 2 set, but exits quickly after at the hands of the Flour, large expert giocatrice and of sagacia tactical. Dispute a good Roland Garros, catching up the quarters, in which it comes clearly struck from the expert terraiola Paola Suarez. Finally the grass arrives and Maria returns to Birmingham, where she improves seeds of 2003, exceeding the ostica mancina Schnyder and exceeding in end an other teenager a lot promising, Tatiana Golovin.
Maria reaches Wimbledon with the best promoters: if the first 2 turns are of the formalities, to the third party find the Hantuchova, giocatrice of good practical talent that a game rather similar to its, but the Russian is able of imporsi easy thanks to talent and character. IV the turn is rather laborious against the veteran Amy Frazier, exceeded for 6-4 7-5, but still harder it is the successive turn against Ay Sugiyama, in which Maria it seriously risks the elimination in according to set, before taking the dominion of match thanks also to a greater athletic vigor.
Maria faces the test of the fire of the semiend against the former number 1 Lindsay Davenport: the American takes advantage of experience perfectly and freschezza, joined to the “fear” of Maria, in order to conquer the set easily, the Russian in the II begins to take advantage itself of its condition and always for taking advantage of minor mobility of the Davenport that disperatamente tries not to arrive to the III. Maria succeeds to tear the break decisive and to close 7-5, in order to start III a set that will dominate physically and that the American will lose sadly for 6-1. In final Maria she finds Serene Williams, a Williams in tone smaller regarding the giocatrice that had dominated the circuit for the space of a year. The American absolutely does not resist the aggressive game of Maria, that it would impose very other mobility regarding the gravity of Serene, than sfiancata on the athletic plan cannot that to find dulled the better arm, that of the power. Closing with the score of 6-1 6-4, Maria adjudicates the first Slam of the career, becomes the first Russian to gain Wimbledon, let alone second the more vincitrice young person of the history of the torneo.
The season on the concrete American is miser of satisfactions: set at the hands of the Myskina exits in the quarters to Saint Diego in 2, to III the turn to Montreal against the Zvonareva and always to the third party to Flushing Meadow, defeat in 3 set from the expert Mary Pierce. Also to Beijing the way of Maria interrupts of forehead the first adversary of thickness, the Kuznetsova, in semiend, while easy tabellone (the adversary classified more better is the Stosur, n.81) of allows to Seoul to add them a new torneo to its palmares, to which it can add to the Japan Open the successive week, anch'esso poor of tenniste of value. Maria is to hunting of points, for that which it would be a insperata participation to the Master of fine season: the qualification them reaches thanks the end of Zurigo, caught up after the Victoria on the Dementeva, but lost against the Molik.
Al WTA Championship, Maria is in a girone approachable: it loses in fact the match harder against the Mauresmo, also engaging to bottom the former number n.1, obtains a Victoria important and clean against the Kuznetsova, in order to play the match decisive against the Zvonareva (n. 11 of the ranking and only characterized thanks to numerous withdrawals), struck 7-5 6-4. In semiend it attends it its beast black, the compatriot Anastasia Myskina, than first set 6-2 is adjudicated easily, in order then to see the game to change repentinamente: perhaps for external conditioning or too much confidence, for the onslaught veemente of a Sharapova that did not have nothing to lose and that it employed all the dowries from fighter that they began to be recognized inside of the circuit, the match is closed in favor of remaining Maria who adjudicates the set with a twofold one 6-2.
The risen ones help the Sharapova also in end: opposite to Serene Williams, in III the set, in disadvantage 4-0, the adversary s'infortuna and she continues the game for sportività and hoping that the Sharapova throws the match, but thus will not be and Maria will adjudicate the title it with the score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. The Russian closes this extraordinary season more salting to the n.4 of the ranking and adjudicating the prizes of improved giocatrice and than giocatrice of the year. It must say that Maria during the course of the year has not still demonstrated of being a champion, but to have of the potentialities: it has been fortunate, but its bravura consists in having known to take advantage of every minimal opportunity and in having shown an attitude from Vincente.
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