Cross Court - sve o tenisu... drugačije

Q. In the entire third set you played incredible tennis. I mean, you are very aggressive, very long. I don't recall you playing that incredible game here. You definitely can win the French Open if you play like that, don't you think?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Can you come to every press conference of mine? (laughter.)

God. Yeah, but, you know, not enough on this particular day. You know, I definitely played some good tennis, but it wasn't enough to win the match. At the end of the day, no matter how good or bad you play, you know, she's the one with the W.

Q. Coming back last year, the US Open maybe wasn't where you'd be your best. And this year you got the bad luck with Kirilenko, kind of a funny dynamic in the first round in Australia, and then you get Justine here in the third. How do you feel going forward, having that little bit of misfortune just with who you kind of got in the tournaments this year, the Grand Slams?

MARIA SHARAPOVA: That's the way sport is. That's the way tennis is.

I mean, you know, the match before us was Dementieva and Scheepers; it was a fourth round to get in the quarterfinal. I'm happy to be going out and playing Justine and a former champion and someone that I know, you know, who we've had great matches against.

I love the challenge of going out there and playing against her. No matter if it's the first round, if it's the final, it doesn't really matter. We have to be ready, you know, from the first match on.

If we're not ready to beat someone in the first match, I mean, I'm not gonna be ready to beat them in the final. You have to be mentally prepared for every match for your opponent to come out and play their best tennis.

Q. Do you have a feeling your game is back to the same level it was before you retired?

JUSTINE HENIN: Um, I don't want to compare, because everything is so different. I'm not yet as consistent as I was, because it's normal. It's only a few tournaments I've played. The confidence I had at that time, I built it with many years.

So I still need some time. I just said when I started I said, It's going to be a year of transition. I still think it, even if I had good results from the beginning of the season.

I have really ambitions to go as far as possible, but I'm also conscious that I'll have to work hard on my intensity, my concentration, and just to be more consistent all the time. So I know there are still ups and downs, and I'll work on it. But I knew it and I accept it. I have to keep working.

Q. Nine years ago you reached the quarterfinal here. Now you're in quarterfinal again. Did you imagine that you would have to wait so long?

FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE: (Smiling.) Sometimes you wish to do something, but you don't do it. So I think it was a long wait, but now I can feel it more. So I'm happy that happen.

Q. What did you make of Andy's body language? Sometimes he seemed to be getting quite fed up. Did that help you in any way?

TOMAS BERDYCH: Well, actually, I didn't look at him at all, I mean, since the first point that we just make a toss on the net. Just went to the baseline. That was maybe the last time I just like saw him between the points.

Because, yeah, my coach told me that when the match was suspended that, you know, he's looking like he doesn't want to play or some I don't know. Whatever. It's just maybe just ask him.

Maybe that's his style, you know, that he wants to like make the opponent, I don't know, to sleep or whatever, and then he just come and win the points, whatever it is. But it doesn't work today for him, and I'm happy for it.