M. Sharapova - 16.01.2013

M. SHARAPOVA/M. Doi
6-0 6-0

Q.  Have you enjoyed your first 48 hours on Twitter?
MARIA SHARAPOVA:  I'm a rookie.  There are a lot of things I'm still learning about.  I'm just starting to follow things and people.  Now I'm learning how to, is it hashtag things, right?  That was a new one for me.
But it's interesting.  I mean, I won't be doing it like every single minute.  I won't be telling people what I'm eating.  I think that's very non interesting.
But when I do have things to say, I'm sure I will.  Last night I was watching this match I really wanted to say something about the commentating going on, but I really bit my tongue on that one.
I was like, Isn't that what Twitter is for, to open up?  Itself like, No, no.

Q.  When you're at a tournament and some big players or personalities are missing, like a Kim or a Roddick, do you feel that?  Are you still too much in your own thing to sense their absence?
MARIA SHARAPOVA:  That's a good question, because you don't think about it on a daily basis.  But sometimes you're watching the TV, you see the draw, you see a few openings, and you think, Why is that?  Then you think back on some of the retirements.
Yeah, I remember playing when Kim, Justine, Serena, and Venus were in the draw.  Yeah, it's different.  But you don't really, really think about it.  I don't think anyone misses these players so much because we're constantly just doing our thing to go out and compete and play the next match.  It's just like a revolving door.
But meanwhile, there they are on vacation trying mojitos watching us on television living the life while we're out there sweating in 35 degree weather.  So I don't know who has it good.

Q.  Date was talking about relating to the other generation.  Clearly she is a lot older than you, but do you find yourself feeling like an older player, and can you relate to the 18 year olds?
MARIA SHARAPOVA:  Maybe not as old as that, but I feel like I'm somewhere in the middle definitely.  I feel like I've seen an older generation when I was quite young and just getting on the tour be at the peak of their career and competing really well and learning so much from that.
Now I find myself in a moment where you see so many, you know, youngsters   not young, but 17, 18, 19, 20 years old   that are doing really well.  And I guess that is the newer generation.
Sometimes you think it's quite crazy because it seems like last minute you were there, you were one of them.