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"When I woke up, I just was thinking on that match. I just wanted to win. I mean, was a really good present for me. I was playing also last year same day against Venus Williams, and I lost. This time I don't want to feel like last year. I wanted to have a happy birthday, and I have it." – Carla Suarez Navarro, upon upsetting Maria Sharapova
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"It’s the match you want to play. It’s nothing about [Kaia] Kanepi, but I came here to play that match. If I’m this far, I want to be in Arthur Ashe, playing Serena. I remember that feeling. It doesn’t have to be that I beat her, but just to be there and play against her. I know she’s not No. 1 now as she was two years ago, but she’s still an amazing player. It would be so much better to play her. ... Okay, she has all the respect from me, but I can beat her, so I’m not worried about her. She has a big game, but sometimes she behaves bigger than her game is." – Karolina Pliskova, ahead of her hotly anticipated showdown with Serena
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"I usually come in only to shake hands." – Serena Williams after defeating Pliskova on the strength of 24-for-28 attempts at net
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"We had all the opportunities. We mustn't lie about this. We were all over them and controlling the whole match. I think it just slipped out of our hands in the second set, and then after we were down big-time, and we were really fighting till the end, and this is why they are such a great team. I mean, for now, personally, me, I don't have regrets. We gave everything what we had. It was a great opportunity, but 100% sure that the way we play we will have a lot, lot, lot more." –Timea Babos, about dropping the women's doubles championship alongside Kristina Mladenovic to CoCo Vandeweghe and Ashleigh Barty by a 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) count