The only shrieking Maria Sharapova wants to hear 10 years from now will be coming from her babies, with the newly-crowned Australian Open champion vowing to quit tennis before she hits 30.

US-based Sharapova said she had a deep love of the game but also wanted to have a family and would not stretch out her career for too long.

"No. Definitely not," she replied when asked if she would play on until 2018.

"I hope by that time I'll have a nice husband and a few kids."

QUESTION
What are your feelings after that?

MARIA SHARAPOVA:
So exciting. Uhm, I don't know. It's amazing. You know, sometimes you just -- when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's gonna pay off. When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.
I'm just so thankful that I got this one.

When Maria Sharapova walked on court for the Australian Open final, she kept thinking about the sage advice of another champion. "Champions take chances, and pressure is a privilege," Billy Jean King had written in a text message that Sharapova saw when she woke up. "I took mine," fifth-ranked Sharapova said after beating Ana Ivanova 7-5, 6-3 Saturday for her third Grand Slam title.

Sharapova, who didn't lose a set in seven matches, was clearly determined that nothing would stop her after winning only three games against Serena Williams in last year's final.

Maria Sharapova is set to make her Fed Cup debut for Russia next month in Israel, while Venus and Serena Williams will skip the U.S. match against Germany. The fifth-ranked Sharapova leads the Russian team announced Wednesday for the World Group series Feb. 2-3 at Ramat Hasharon.

"I'm so excited about this trip," she said on the Fed Cup website. "It's one of my priorities for this year, along with competing in the Olympics. I'm looking forward to the team experience and visiting Israel for the first time."

QUESTION
How would you describe today's match? Was it difficult out there for being off the court for a while?


MARIA SHARAPOVA:
No, not really. I had a really good start to the match, you know, considering the conditions changed so quickly. I warmed up outside. Our little warmup was pretty much outside, and then all of a sudden the roof was closed.

Mentally, you've just got to be prepared for that, and, you know, you're playing an indoor match where you've basically been playing outdoors for the last five matches.