Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova Rivalry: Sharapova Says She Feels ‘Lucky’ To Lose 14 Straight to Serena [VIDEO] : TENNIS : Sports World News

A 14-match shedding streak to Serena Williams supplies sufficient negativity for Maria Sharapova. After her 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) loss to Serena within the semifinals of the Brisbane Worldwide, Sharapova labored laborious to discover a silver lining.

So she advised reporters after the match that she considers herself lucky sufficient to advance far sufficient in tournaments to get beat time after time by Serena.

“I simply discovered 14 methods how to not win,” Sharapova advised reporters of her lack of success in opposition to Williams, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. ”That is the one approach you possibly can take a look at it.

“I may very well be in a worse place and by no means face her, which suggests I’d be shedding a lot earlier in tournaments than I wish to be. I contemplate myself very fortunate to have the ability to play in opposition to her and provides myself one other likelihood to try to beat her.”

The Brisbane Worldwide was Sharapova’s first match since recovering from a shoulder damage that sidelined her for 5 months.

She admitted that she wants to lift her sport to problem Serena however once more checked out Brisbane as a constructing block.

“If I wish to have an opportunity to beat Serena I’ve to get myself within the match and I’ve to lift my stage – that is what champions do,” Sharapova mentioned. “(However) it was an enormous step for me to be right here. I labored laborious.”

Williams and Sharapova have been engaged in verbal sparring that started final Might. Each took their rivalry to a private stage by speaking about one another’s boyfriend.

So whereas Sharapova needed to really feel some additional irritating tied to the off-the-court feud within the loss, she mentioned her frustration in not with the ability to play over the past half of 2013 motivated her.

“It is not as if I used to be in retirement (the previous 5 months),” Sharapova mentioned. “It was powerful not seeing my title within the attracts and hard seeing all people taking part in tournaments and also you’re simply form of going about looking for a approach to heal an damage and bit uncertain when that can occur.

”(There have been) plenty of query marks.”

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