Sunday, January 25, 2015

Australian Open--what they said

You may well play Simona Halep next. How would you approach that?
Well, we played once in New Haven I think not the last year, the year before. I lost 6-1, 7-6, something like that. She's one of the greatest player now, and I'm really looking forward. If she wins today, depends, yeah. I will want to go forward and forward step by step.
Ekaterina Makarova

I look really calm, but inside, I'm yelling "What are you doing?" in a couple of languages.
Maria Sharapova

I just want to be perfect on court, but is not possible. The perfect doesn't exist. So I try to keep my mind very focused for every point and to forget about the mistakes. I try to be better day by day, match by match. Maybe that's why I'm a little bit nervous during the matches.
Simona Halep

Do you have a favorite Genie Army song?
Yeah, I got asked this I think after my first or second match. And I said it's the one where they go, Genie is hot, hot, hot. But since they've been singing a newer one, I think maybe only from second or third round on. It's based on Ricky Martin's song "Living La Vida Loca." They changed the words and sing about me. I think that one's pretty cool. They are creative to come up with such a random song and talk about forehands and backhands and stuff. It's pretty funny. So that one is up there.
Genie Bouchard

I don't know how close you still are with her. But did you hear about Maria Kirilenko getting married yesterday?
I did actually. I'm not sure to who. I really don't know. I mean, wonderful actually. Why are people laughing?
People think it's funny we don't know who she married. We know she got married.
What happens in Russia stays in Russia.
Maria Sharapova

6 comments:

Todd.Spiker said...

Yep, I guess Kirilenko had her heart set on a wedding. Ovechkin wasn't there, so she just got a replacement groom. Wants what she wants, I guess. :)

That last Sharapova quote is great. Very underrated sense of humor.

Diane said...

I feel bad for Kirilenko; this just doesn't sound good at all.

Maria's wit is unsurpassed.

Todd.Spiker said...

It does feel a bit "off," doesn't it? :\

And Sharapova's words can also cut with the skill of a surgeon, if she so chooses (as Serena learned a while back). Formidable, on and off court.

Diane said...

My favorite surgical slice of all was the one Aga got :D

svente said...

Sharapova thinks she looks calm on court? Huh. I don't see that. To me she always looks stressed and like she'd rather be anywhere else.

Diane said...

She always looks really intense to me, which I wouldn't call "calm."