Shrieking, grunting, whatever you call it, Sharapova certainly does it. And does it loudly. Yesterday, her opponent Elena Dementieva said that she needed to turn it down a notch.
Personally I think it’s a little bit too much. I think the umpire should calm down her a little bit. Next time I beat her, I will say something. But when you losing…it doesn’t look good if you go to the umpire and talking about how loud she screaming on the court.
Perhaps Dementieva was distracted by the streaker that ran onto the court and did some cartwheels for the fans. For her part, Sharapova said that if she were told to tone it down a bit, she “wouldn’t change a thing.”
Links:
[MSNBC]: Streaker can’t stop Sharapova from semis
[MSNBC]: Sharapova vows to carry on shrieking
