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How Sharapova climbed the stand to meet her dear ones after French open triumph

New Delhi: Maria Sharapova once described her early outings on clay as being akin to a "cow on ice", but since her thrilling 6-4, 6-7 (5/7) 6-4 win over Romania's Simona Halep yesterday in the


"You're not just born being a natural clay?court player. Okay, maybe if you're (Rafael) Nadal. But certainly not me. I didn't grow up on it, didn't play on it. I just took it upon myself to make myself better on it. There is no one else that was going to do that for me. I had to do the work."