QUESTION:
You could make an argument that your serve is the most improved part of your game over the last year. Can you go into some detail about when you really started working very seriously with your serve and how it's developed over the last 12 months.



MARIA SHARAPOVA:
Uhm, I don't think - I don't think my serve is as pow...

QUESTION:
How does it feel walking through those gates for the first time as defending champion?



MARIA SHARAPOVA:
Very amazing. Obviously brings back a lot of great memories. This was a very fun time last year. So coming back, a lot of memories going through my mind, yeah. Coming back to this press conference (smiling)...
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QUESTION
You were off in a flash there. Talk about what you were thinking about last night, then coming on court. You didn't get a chance to take your sweats off and, boom, it was done.



MARIA SHARAPOVA
Actually, it's never easy. It's never easy coming back after -- to being a set up and then being up 3-1 and all of a sudden i...

QUESTION:
You won very easily today, but are you happy with the way you played?



MARIA SHARAPOVA:
Yeah, I am. I thought I got to a really good start, and I was in control from the first game. I felt like it was a pretty tough first game, but after that I was pretty much in control.



QUESTION:
How do y...

QUESTION:
This was a tough match at the beginning of a very long tournament. Do you enjoy tough matches at the beginning? Is it a special game for you or does it have a special meaning playing a fellow Russian girl, one of the many Russian girls which are so dominant now?



MARIA SHARAPOVA:
Yeah, when I came off the court, you k...