FULL VERSION Sharapova vs Williams 2004 WTA Finals
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To understand the depth of
To understand the depth of the Sharapova-Williams feud, it’s important to understand that at any given moment, the game of tennis tends to revolve around a single player. For long stretches in both men’s and women’s tennis, one player has usually become the face of the game. From 2002 to 2003, when Sharapova was just coming onto the scene, that player was Serena Williams...
...but Maria Sharapova capped her stunning 2004 year by overcoming an injured Serena Williams 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.
“I’m still in shock. I can’t believe the way I pulled it off,” said the 17-year-old Russian, who fell to the ground and screamed with joy at the end of the contest.
After falling behind 0-4 in the third set, the teenager reeled off six games in a row to overpower a hobbling Williams.
Sharapova won four titles coming into the event, but had losing records against three players she beat, fellow Russians Vera Zvonareva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Myskina. Then she toppled Williams in her home town.
Serena for her part was gracious in defeat, only after the match lapsing into Serena Vision (c) to give her version of the reality of events. Before the match the tennis Diva said "I don't believe I played Wimbledon (her last loss to Sharapova), I don't know who it was, but that was someone else."
"For a Serena year, it wasn't superb," Serena said. "It's been a really tough year for me."
...but Maria Sharapova capped her stunning 2004 year by overcoming an injured Serena Williams 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.
“I’m still in shock. I can’t believe the way I pulled it off,” said the 17-year-old Russian, who fell to the ground and screamed with joy at the end of the contest.
After falling behind 0-4 in the third set, the teenager reeled off six games in a row to overpower a hobbling Williams.
Sharapova won four titles coming into the event, but had losing records against three players she beat, fellow Russians Vera Zvonareva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Myskina. Then she toppled Williams in her home town.
Serena for her part was gracious in defeat, only after the match lapsing into Serena Vision (c) to give her version of the reality of events. Before the match the tennis Diva said "I don't believe I played Wimbledon (her last loss to Sharapova), I don't know who it was, but that was someone else."
"For a Serena year, it wasn't superb," Serena said. "It's been a really tough year for me."
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