Maria Sharapova treated her loss last year in the Australian open as her motivation in this year’s edition of grand slam and the result is very different from last year.
Sharapova beat Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-3 in the finals of the the Austalian Open. But before playing in the finals Sharapova beat no. 1 Justine Henin in a dominating fashion nobody espected and then cruised to an easy victory against no. 3 Jelena Jankovic.
Serving at 2-2 in the first set, Ivanovic set up double break point with a double fault, then sent a forehand long.
After holding serve the first three times at love, Sharapova committed three double faults while serving at 4-3 to hand the game to Ivanovic.
"I didn't get impatient," Sharapova said. "She's two points away from winning the first set in a Grand Slam final. If you want it, take it. And she didn't."
From 3-3 in the second set, Sharapova ran off the last three games again, breaking Ivanovic for the fourth time to finish the match.
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