I think Sharapova has become very gracious in the past few years. I like some of her runner-up speeches and she was very appreciative toward the crowd in Istanbul a few weeks ago.
Yeah Maria's classier in defeat than just about anyone. I mean she's had more practice making runner-up speeches then I would like, but it's lovely to see.
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The commentator also called her (Ivanovic) "former Australian Open and Roland Garros winner" and he called Woz "former US Open winner" but poor Kuznetsova was nothing more than a "former World No. 3"
Even now retired spitting her venom on TV gossipping about every player she wasn't on good terms with, yay super classy.
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Didn't Richard Williams show the girls videos of Steffi to show them how to behave on court?
*Cough, cough apparently only one of them was paying attention!
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Didn't Richard Williams show the girls videos of Steffi to show them how to behave on court?
*Cough, cough apparently only one of them was paying attention!
Lol So many myths, look at any youtube video where Greaf is losing, the death stares at the chair umpire standing with the hands on her hips like saying "are you fuck!ng kidding me?"
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The sun may have already set for our dear Sunshine Queen... This is just sad. But, I hope she can find comfort in the mere twinkles of the stars in the night sky. May you find your true light again, my fallen queen.
Lol So many myths, look at any youtube video where Greaf is losing, the death stares at the chair umpire standing with the hands on her hips like saying "are you fuck!ng kidding me?"
For someone who played so much and won so much I'd say her on court behaviour was very good. Of course she was going to have the odd day where she was a bit wound up but for the vast majority of her play she was professional to her finger tips and well behaved on court. I remember one year at the French after winning a match she had a nice moment high fiving one of the guys who sweeps the courts and the commentator mentioned she was always very friendly with the people who look after the courts.
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"She brought a fresh approach. It's for that that people loved to see her play.It's for that too that I hated to play her, I dreaded her unpredictability. I had lots of problems to sort out. It was seriously gruelling, a constant battle of tactics. Her exit is a huge loss. It's not like we will find a new Mauresmo tomorrow" - Justine Henin on Amélie Mauresmos retirement
Who is the classiest player on court?
and he called Woz "former US Open winner" but poor Kuznetsova was nothing more than a "former World No. 3" 
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