June 21 – July 4, 2010
Wimbledon – London, Great Britain
Surface: Grass/outdoors
* Grand Slam *
Center Court Wimbledon
1st RND | beat | Anastasia Pivovarova | RUS | 6-1 6-0 |
2nd RND | beat | Ioana Raluca Olaru | ROU | 6-1 6-4 |
3rd RND | beat | Barbora Zahlavova Strycova | CZE | 7-5 6-3 |
4th RND | lost | Serena Williams | USA | 6-7 4-6 |
London, 28 june 2010.
Maria (nog) niet bestand tegen service-geweld Williams !
Uiteindelijk moest Maria buigen voor het service kanon Williams.De nr.1 van de wereld produceerde de ene ace na de andere ( totaal 19 stuks ) tegen 3 van Maria,maar toch werd de wedstrijd beslist in de 1e set door een nipte winst in de tiebreak en door een slordige service game van Maria in de 2e set.
Daardoor kon Williams de beslissende break maken en stond deze niet meer af,maar het zegt voldoende over het uitstekende spel van Maria deze middag.
28 juni 2010:Maria speelde vandaag uitstekend maar had geen
antwoord op het service geweld van Williams.
London, 26 june 2010.
Williams wacht in 4e ronde !
Pas in de 12e game van de eerste set kon Maria eindelijk de beslissende break maken en de set met 7-5 winnen,maar wat moest ze diep gaan om Zahlavova te overtreffen.
In de 2e set ging het iets gemakkelijker,maar het vertoonde spel geeft niet echt vertrouwen om met een gerust hart tegen Serena Williams aan te treden.
26 juni 2010:Maria worstelt zich naar 4e ronde.
London, 24 june 2010.
Maria doorbreekt barrixc3xa8re.
De afgelopen 2 jaar vloog Maria er op Wimbledon steeds in de 2e ronde uit.Zover liet ze het vanmiddag gelukkig niet komen.
Met ijzersterk spel in de 1e set ( 6-1 ) en met iets meer weerstand van Olaru in de tweede kon Maria uiteindelijk opgelucht ademhalen en bereikte de 3e ronde.
24 juni 2010:Maria bereikt na 2 jaar nu wel de 3e ronde op Wimbledon.
Maria after the match of today:
"I kind of backed up and let her back in the match.
I knew that coming into this match that last year I was on the plane the next day. I really thought about it, especially toward the end of the match. So I was really excited to get through."
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London, 22 june 2010.
MARIA EASES THROUGH AT WIMBLEDON
Maria started her Wimbledon campaign with a win as she defeated Anastasia Pivovarova 6-1 6-0 on Court 2. Maria needed only 54 minutes to defeat the Russian lucky loser.
Maria was never in trouble throughout the match against an opponent who was playing only their 2nd tournament on grass.
The only game Maria dropped was when Pivovarova held her serve in the 6th game of the first set. Maria was serving well throughout the match and won 94% of points on 1st serve and 65% on 2nd serve. Maria also had an impressive 72% of points won at net.
In the 2nd round to be played on Thursday, Maria will play Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania. They have never played before.
22 juni 2010:Maria staat slechts 1 game af en wint met 6-1 6-0
van Anastasia Pivovarova.
London, 19 june 2010.
WIMBLEDON DRAW RELEASED
The draw for Wimbledon has been released and Maria is seeded #16 and will play Kateryna Bondarenko of the Ukraine in the 1st round. Maria has never played Bondarenko before and this match will be played on Tuesday.
The 1st seed Maria can meet is #24 seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the 3rd round. Maria is seeded to meet top seed and defending champion Serena Williams of the United States in the 4th round.
Wimbledon is the 3rd Grand Slam of the year and is the only Grand Slam played on grass and ends the very short grass court season. Wimbledon is the only tournament in the world were there is a dress code, all players have to wear white.
Maria made her debut here in 2003 and caused a storm as she reached the 4th round as a wildcard. Maria then won the next year in only her 2nd appearance and since then has 2 semi appearances and a 2nd round showing last year.
source:mariasharapova.com
in London Maria !
Maria gefotografeerd tijdens de Pre-Wimbledon player party in London.
Top 5 seeded players for WIMBLEDON 2010 are:
1. Serena Williams USA
2. Venus Williams USA
3. Caroline Wozniacki DEN
4. Jelena Jankovic SRB
5. Francesca Schiavone ITA