"I'm happy with the way I fought back and I found a way to win, " said Sharapova, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning the Roland Garros title last year.

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"I fought hard, I fought so hard to get back in the game - it was a tough day, " the world number one admitted.

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I've been down and out a couple of times but I've always fought back.

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But for the vagaries of the electoral, David Jones and Boris Johnson would be parliamentary neighbours ("I fought Clwyd South - and Clwyd South fought back") so perhaps Mr Jones shouldn't take Mr Johnson's intervention personally.

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Sudrajat said, "I don't see it as an ambush" and that the attackers "were probably being chased and fought back, " the SMH said.

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