Sharapova stoic about losing No.1 spot
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Maria Sharapova is calm about losing the World No.1 spot with defeat in the fourth round at Wimbledon, the Russian tennis star has said.
Either second-ranked Victoria Azarenka or No.3 Agnieszka Radwanska will emerge on top after the tournament after Sharapova’s 4-6, 3-6 defeat to Germany’s Sabine Lisicki ended her reign as No.1, which started last month with victory at the French Open.
“Obviously what I achieved a few weeks ago doesn’t just go away in a few minutes - I’ll have that for the rest of my career. But the tennis world keeps going,” Sharapova said on the WTA website late Monday.
“Of course, you want to stay at the top as long as you can, but obviously everyone guns for that spot, as it is the top spot.”
Lisicki will face fellow German Angelique Kerber in the quarter-finals after she downed former champion Kim Clijsters 6-1, 6-1.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
abr/vt
- Wimbledon: Sharapova knocked out; Williams survives scare (Lead) - Jul 02, 2012
- Clijsters upsets Ivanovic at Olympics - Aug 01, 2012
- Radwanska beats Kerber to enter Wimbledon final - Jul 05, 2012
- Kvitova rises to fifth in world rankings - Aug 26, 2012
- Olympics: Bhupathi-Bopanna seeded seventh, Federer top seed - Jul 26, 2012
- Sharapova ousts Lisicki for Clijsters quarterfinal - Aug 02, 2012
- French Open: World No.1 Azarenka crashes out - Jun 03, 2012
- Sharapova reaches US Open semi-finals - Sep 06, 2012
- Federer, Azarenka retain top spot - Aug 06, 2012
- Top four seeds enter semis at Stuttgart WTA Grand Prix - Apr 28, 2012
- Radwanska advances at Wimbledon, Penetta knocked out (Lead) - Jun 25, 2012
- I feared I was pregnant: Sharapova - Aug 28, 2012
- Olympic tennis: Williams sets up final with Sharapova - Aug 04, 2012
- Wimbledon: Venus Williams crashes out, Djokovic advances (Second Lead) - Jun 25, 2012
- Olympic tennis: Azarenka reaches semifinals - Aug 02, 2012
Tags: agnieszka radwanska, angelique kerber, champion, few minutes, french open, germany, guns, kim clijsters, maria sharapova, moscow, quarter finals, ria novosti, sabine lisicki, stoic, tennis star, tennis world, victoria azarenka, victory, wimbledon, wta website