She's a bit of an untraditional player with two hands on both sides - that's a little tricky - but I enjoy playing against her. "She's had great success in the last few Slams. "We've always had good matches," Sharapova said. The Roland Garros champion has won four of five meetings with the 21st-seeded Chinese, permitting just nine games total in their two prior Grand Slam clashes.
Open semifinalist Peng Shuai has not sustained a winning level against Sharapova in the past. I'm really curious to see who will hold that level of play for two weeks." "Maria and Ana match was just a thriller I was watching every point like I was playing. I have followed her since she was 9 or 10 years old.
"Serena because of her intensity and because 99 percent of the time she fights for every ball and that's how I tried to play," Seles said. In a conference call with the media last week to discuss her exhibition match against Gabriela Sabatini at the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on March 10, Seles was asked which top players of today remind her most of herself. Interestingly, Seles has kept a close eye on Sharapova's entire career. "I had a pretty good right-handed forehand as well so I did a little bit of both and Monica Seles was my idol as well." I did two hands on both sides like at the circus," Sharapova said. It was a style rooted in the Russian's ambidexterity-and her affinity for her tennis hero, Monica Seles. 2 to recall the days she played with two hands off both sides. Sharapova's pending fourth round Australian Open showdown against Peng Shuai prompted the world No. Maria Sharapova reflected on two of her early influences: Monica Seles and the circus.
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