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Reaction from Maria Sharapova after the Russian seventh seed won against Samantha Stosur at the French Open on Sunday (1 June).

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SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Sharapova, beat Samantha Stosur 3-6, 6-4, 6-0:

(Q. Did you feel that if you just sort of hung, kept with her in the second set? It was obviously both of you were having close games, and that at some point you would get that opportunity. And then it came.)

"I think she has a great game for this surface, and I think she's proven that over the years. She uses her kick serve extremely well to start the point, to set up the point. The slice, especially in the conditions that we played in tonight, it was very effective. It stays very low. I didn't feel like I was getting as much pop on the ball as maybe what I had in Madrid where I was able to hurt her a little bit more. But with that said, I still was able to win nine games in a row. So, you know, I'm quite pleased about that."