Intro:

Player reactions on Sunday (31st August) at the U.S. Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Sharapova (on losing the momentum she created in the second set):

"I think I just stopped doing what helped me get advantage of the points in the second set. I hit a good shot and I allowed her to get back in the point instead of looking to come in. Whether I hit a swinging volley or hit a approach shot, give myself a advantage situation. She's very good at getting a lot of balls back and making you hit another one. In the end, I went for a little too much."

SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Sharapova (on looking back on her Grand Slam season):

"Well, right now after losing in a Grand Slam it's tough to look back and, say, talk about a sweet victory. Of course it's certainly nice to have. In that run that I had, there was a lot of things behind me. I was close to getting out of the top 10 in every single match I played, starting in Stuttgart. There was a lot on the line for me and I performed really well and I brought it. The other Grand Slams I just wasn't able to do that in the later parts of the matches. Of course that's disappointing, but overall it's great to have that victory in Paris. Right now it doesn't make it any better."