ROFL
I was watchin the match (on mute coz i cant stand maria's screaming!!
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God i never thought it was that bad boy she needs to shut up!
Anyway here are Lena's comments on the streaker and grunting
. Can we just ask you about the streaker. Have you ever had a streaker come on court before?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: Sorry?
Q. The streaker, the man.
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: Oh, oh, first time happen in my match, so... I mean, if the crowd likes it, that's okay with me.
Q. What was running through your mind at that time?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: Well, I was afraid a little bit because, you know, in the beginning, I didn't understand what happened. I just saw like someone's trying to come to the court, and then I just realized that it was who it was.
But the first feeling was like something happening here, you know, a little scary.
Q. You laughed a little bit.
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: Well, you didn't?
Q. You went from being scared to laughing, obviously. Did it put you off at all?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: No, no, not really.
. I work for BBC radio. A lot of people have contacted us talking about the noises Maria Sharapova makes. Do you find it off putting?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: Well, personally I think it's a little bit too much, but that's the way she's playing for a long time. And if the tour has allowed her to do such noise, it's
Q. Do you think the umpire should step in at some point?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: I think so, yeah. My personal opinion, yeah, I think the umpire should calm down her a little bit. But, I mean, that's the way she's playing.
Q. You never have a private word with her?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: Well, uhm, I think the best way is to beat her, not to tell her what to do. I mean, when I'm on the court, I'm trying to be focused. I mean, it doesn't bother me, but I think it's too much.
Q. It comes under the distraction rule in the rulebook. How can the referee think it's a distraction unless the other player says, I'm being distracted by it?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: Well, I don't know how to measure this. I don't know how to say how loud it was. I mean, we cannot control how loud she will scream the next day and the next day. I mean, it's very hard to say.
Q. The point is that doesn't one player have to go to the umpire and say, I don't know how you measure it, but it is distracting for me?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: I mean, next time I beat her, I will say something. But when you losing like 6 1, 4 1, I mean, it just looks... It doesn't look good if you gonna go to the umpire and talking about how loud she screaming on the court.
Q. Is it more pressure playing another Russian?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: No, I really don't think so, you know. We have a lot of Russian on the tour and we face each other every single tournament. So it's really about just going to the next round and, you know, playing on Centre Court, which is a great experience for me.
But, yeah, didn't think much about she's Russian.
Q. Is there any other player who's as loud as she is to play against?
ELENA DEMENTIEVA: No, don't think so, no. I remember Venus last year in the semifinals, she was screaming the same way, yeah (laughing).