Description:Maria Sharapova said on Monday (December 31) that 2012 had been the most memorable year of her career after her victory at the French Open and carrying Russia's flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. "A lot of things came together," she said in Brisbane on Monday. "It was the Grand Slam that was going to take a little bit longer than the others for me. "I knew that physically I needed a few extra years to get stronger to move more efficiently on that surface," she said of her win(1:14)