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Maria Sharapova explained that her defeat against Ashleigh Barty in the fourth round at the Open of Australia on Sunday.
Sharapova also reacted severely to a question about meldonium, the substance for which she had served a 15-month take ban.
After losing the second set 6-1, Sharapova took a seven-minute toilet break. The return of the Wimbledon champion in 2004 on the pitch was overshadowed by the jokes of the very pro-Barty Melbourne crowd.
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Maria Sharapova of Russia plays a setback in her fourth round match against Australian Ashleigh Barty on the seventh day of the 2019 Australia Open at Melbourne Park on January 20, 2019 in Melbourne, in Australia.
Toilet breaks are legal, with each player entitled to one per game. However, Sharapova was still questioned about the break, since it had arrived at a time when Barty had gained momentum against the Russian.
When asked if the boos had affected her, Sharapova lost the third set 6-4 and was eliminated from the tournament, the former world No. 1 bristling.
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"What do you want me to answer this question," she replied.
The reporter replied, "Just the truth, I guess."
Sharapova then said, "I think it's a silly question to ask."
Barty was not bothered by Sharapova's toilet break.
"I mean, she respects the rules of the game," she said.
"I think she just went to the locker room, as opposed to the one who was close to the court.
"There is nothing I can do, I just have to wait and I know that she was complying with the rules of the rulebook."
"It did not bother me at all, but I managed to roll the ball in third."
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Ashleigh Barty of Australia celebrates her fourth round victory over Russian Maria Sharapova on the seventh day of the 2019 Australia Open at Melbourne Park on January 20, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia.
Another journalist then asked Sharapova, 31, "You've been taking meldonium legally for 10 years to fix your health problems, and I wonder at the moment that it's forbidden and that you can not stand it anymore, do you have physical difficulties of a grand slam? "
Sharapova replied, "Is there another question?"
Her 15-month ban was reduced by a two-year suspension to which she was sentenced for taking the substance.
Sharapova was tested positive for meldonium during a drug test at the Australian Open 2016. She said that she had taken it for medical reasons and that the substance had already been allowed.
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