Sharapova to take a breather

18:04, 30 October 2012

MOSCOW. October 30. KAZINFORM Maria Sharapova says she's earned a breather from the tennis court after her best season in years.

The Russian saw out her season on Sunday by losing to Serena Williams in the final of the WTA Championships in Istanbul, but ended the year at No. 2, a feat she last achieved in 2006, after completing the career Grand Slam.

"I played well, but I don't want to hear about tennis for the next few weeks," Sharapova was quoted as saying by Czech portal sport.cz after a Prague exhibition with Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova, RIA Novosti reports.

Sharapova won three titles this year including her first French Open, which allowed her to complete a career Grand Slam and return, if briefly, to No. 1 in the world.

She also won the silver medal at the London Olympics, where she carried the Russian flag at the opening ceremony.