Sochi is over tennis queen Maria Sharapova is back on tennis Court

The Russian tennis sensation is back on the hard court after being ambassador at the recently concluded Winter Olympics at Sochi. The Russian beauty has said it was indeed a moment of pride and honor to carry the Olympic torch at sochi. Sharapova carried the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of winter Olympics at Sochi . She said “ The torch was probably the biggest honour I could receive”.Sharapova took the tennis racquet in her hand and went on to play where she had learnt the game during her initial years. She said “ It was for the first time I had all my family present in the stadium. It was really unique.However she found her first experience in television very tiring.'I'm so much in my sport and of course it's physical and it's challenging but you're so used to taking care of your body, making sure you get enough sleep and you eat right.'Everything in that week was just completely shattered. You're not sleeping, you're eating terribly, you're drinking caffeine all the time.'On crisis in Ukraine and Russia's role in it. She said 'We never want to see conflict. Politics is a very tricky world, we all know that. I've never had a big interest in it but it's sad to see things happening like that all over the world.'Sharapova is the defending champion at the BNP Paribas Open having beaten Caroline Wozniacki in the final 12 months ago.She had an excellent first half of 2013 but missed the final part of the season with a shoulder problem that kept her out for fou and a half months.Rust understandably showed at the Australian Open and she lost in the fourth round to eventual finalist Dominika Cibulkova, while in her only tournament since she reached the semi-finals of the WTA event in Paris.Sharapova hopes the break will have helped, and she said: 'After Sochi it was great to get back on the court.