Young American tennis players want to be like Maria Sharapova, and still they want to meet with her on the court and beat her. Rossiyanka just 23 years, but more often it occurs on the court with those who grew up looking at her poster on the wall.
"When they tell me that they want to be like me, this is not so disheartening and shocking, as at least strange. I know that is far from perfect. There are many things in which I was not good enough. I always tell them: "You should strive to be better than me or anyone else", - quotes its Associated Press. The match against idol
Rossiyanka to match the fourth lap US Open against 18-year-old Beatrice Capra, located in the world ranking at 371 th place. However, the low position has not prevented an American deal first with the Croat Karolina Shprem (6:1, 6:3), and then with the French Aravan Rezai (7:6, 7:6).
The match with his idol she called "an amazing experience." "I know that it will be very hard to compete. When I was younger, I tried to be like her, and I think this match will understand, I had reached the required level ", - told Capra about the upcoming game. In the footsteps of Udine
Young tennis player recognizes that carefully reviewed last year's game of his compatriot Melanie Udine, which was able to defeat Sharapova and reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.
As a pupil of the Academy of Florida Evert, Capra has received an invitation to a tournament, which played out wild-card at the US Open and won his qualifying for the first time in life to play in the tournament "Grand Slam". Not only in the U.S.
Alignment with Sharapova not only in the U.S., but in her homeland, Russia. In its quest to be like that at one time recognized Anastasia Pivovarova.
"I love her for real Russian nature - unyielding on the court and friendly in their daily lives. For all time of our conversation, I never had the feeling that in front of me a man, a former world number one player, who won three Grand Slam "- told in May, the young athlete" Soviet sport ".
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