I dont see whats wrong with playing around with dresses as long as you can play tennis, and we all know maria can play. besides, nike pays her and if i were her i would want to make money. also i dont see how grunting is cheating because so many players have been able to win against her.

Michael , Hong Kong,

Maria! Oh Maria! Please get back to practicing your tennis and forget about all the advertising money. Your sponsors will soon dump you as you slide down the slippery slope of rankings. Tennis got you where your "were"!

Jim Wills, Brisbane, Australia

It is an old Russky syndrome - trying to be glamorous in the Western world (Sharapova) and being too talkative upon a success (Kudryavtseva).

Saurabh Sircar, Philadelphia, USA

The grunting must have finally caught up with Maria.

KBB, New York,

What a mean thing to do. What about us fellas who only watch the tournament to see Anna's skimpy oufits?

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

Forget the duds. If the AELTC can insist on white, why can't they insist on silence? Just add a penalty point for each annoying grunt and the gutteral tick that is the "other" racket in tennis would disappear like chalk dust in the wind. Shut Ms S et al up and rid us of this dissonant scourge.

Mervin Spencer, Hong Kong,

Finally! No more annoying grunting... Now I can relax and enjoy the games...

Pauline, Lincoln, USA

Miss Lucifer:

You said it love.

Men may grunt but they dont SCREAM! Totally ridiculous and only done to try and put off the opponent.

Pete, Newbury,

Sharapova has taken "grunting" to the point of absurdity. More than anything, it reminds me of Meg Ryan's scene in "When Harry met Sally". There are plenty of great players who are silent, or who only grunt as a result of great effort. "She only does it to annoy because she knows it teases".

Tom Welsh, Basingstoke,

Women's tennis is great to watch! The level of play has increased so much in the last decade that it is merely sexist to say that you need to watch only the matches with a cute pair of stems. Is that why men watch men's tennis?
Wake up to the facts: women are playing exciting tennis.

Robert, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Hmmm funny how no-one hear comments on the noises some of the men make when they hit the ball... Why is it ok for the guys to grunt away, and not the women? Do you think it's unladylike? It's tennis, not Miss World - let them make whatever noise it takes! Shocker - women are physical beings too..

Miss Lucifer, London, UK

We don't normally watch tennis but watched this game only due to the ridiculous noises coming from this player as some kind of amusement. Some of them had a second shout made after the ball was hit when the player was ready to return. Were delighted when she went out.

Bob, London,

Attn: Cohen Gilbert, Paris, France.
"When I read the interview of Kud....(I can' t remember her name), I perfectly understand the word 'Jealousy'"
You can't remember her name because you don't fancy her - Clearly, the hackneyed and ever-so-dull male pre-requisite for tennis appreciation. Go away.

vmac, London, UK

Honestly, how many men watch women's tennis for anything else but the so-called "glamour girls"?

Nic, Johannesburg, S-Africa

What Kudryavtseva actually said was she was irritated by the media's concentration on Sharapova's clothes as it distracted from the actual game of tennis. Ironically if predictably, this has now been portrayed as one girl making a catty comment about another's outfit.

Mike, London,

I usually turn off the volume when Sharapova plays. The noise she makes puts me off!

Franziska, Sevenoaks, UK

The only thing worse than the shrieking is JEALOUSY

Pedro tam, London, UK

Sharapova didn't go out in the second round, the shorts did.

Iona, Nottingham, UK

What a pity Sharapova didn't win!!! But still she has this fantastic look and also some convincing victories. When I read the interview of Kud....(I can' t remember her name), I perfectly understand the word "Jealousy"

Cohen Gilbert, Paris, France

The worrying trend is that this shrieking is now copied by others - the Williams' girls for instance, and yesterday there was a man doing it.
It's bad enough having left handers ruining the tournament with their unfair advantage without having shriekers. It needs a strong umpire to show a red card.

james allen, manchester, england

Sharapova was a breath of fresh air 4 years ago, but now she is a shrieking (cheating one might say) self obsessed girl. The Ladies Singles is demonstrating how much Justine Henin is missed - player of her generation, especially on a pound for pound centimetre for centimetre basis, and no shrieking!

Tony L, Jakarta, Indonesia

Dear Helen E. of London,

I think you may have hit the nail of the head when you say "it's about tennis for crying out loud".

Sadly, Ms. Sharapova seems to think it's about crying out loud for tennis!

Eric H, London,

The truth is that Sharapova played for a match at the level of a 100-200 player, not that Kudryavtseva played at the level of a top 10 player. Kudryavtseva's personal comments about an opponent were ungracious and unnecessary. I suspect she will pay heavily for these next time she loses.

Anne, Bristol, England

Oh dear, Miss Kudryavtseva, I think you just snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. I haven't heard something that catty from a winning player in years! And didn't someone just complain about a comment that the women's game was getting too "bitchy"??

BillieJ, Richmond, VA, US

Byee!

Marc, Antrim,

Thank god she's out. I couldn't stand any more of her posing and self-obsession. Look at me, look at me! Oh just go away and shut up.

Wimbledon's not about silly clothes, it's about tennis for crying out loud.

Helen E., London, United Kingdom

Ah yes, but what beauty. Who cares if she's not QUITE as good as the others.

I know who I'd rather spend time with.

*sigh*

Tony, Canary Wharf, London

I can tell you one thing Sharapova has only two years left to win Wimbledon again, then women's tennis would have evolved beyond her level.

Simon, Sydney, Australia

Sharapova has limited ability apart from power and she has no sense of the game. The only way she can win is by blasting her opponents either by the power of her shots or sonic boom.

roy, bombay,

Shreiking? Really? Really? I find it amusing that time and time again, these comments continue to surface. I personally don't notice them until someone continually calls them out. I foucus on the game they are playing and their point construction (or lack there of). Shreiking? Really?

Lulu, Chicago, USA

Sharapova, a player of limited technical ability, inconsistent, with no sense of tactics or ability to change the game. This result is not surprising at all. She will not win many slams. Did she think, Wimbledon is hers by right without any prior serious grass tournament preparation?

Alex., Newcastle upon Tyne,

That screaming is cheating and nothing less. It's a disgrace that the authorities in Tennis havn''t banned her.

Neil, Birmingham, U.K

Kudryavtseva is the opposite of a tennis glamour girl. I had been put off ladies tennis by the terrible shreiking noise of Sharapova on each big shot but after hearing the ridiculous comments made by Kudryavtseva about Sharapova's dress sense, I actually appreciate her talent and glamour now.

jezza, London, UK

Bravo, Miss Kudryavtseva ! No more of Miss Sharapova and her riduculous grunting, not in the singles, anyway.

D Tandy, Cardiff, Wales

So all those who've been saying Sharapova is a favourite need to perhaps look at talent as opposed to glamour hey.
This was one commentator; 'Maria loves Wimbledon, she has made this slam her own'
More like a slam she has won once and then been anihilated twice by Venus who trully owns wimbledon

anne, nottingham,

i agree with j wilkes. i won't watch sharpapova. i like to watch tennis, not histrionics.
it's an appalling din!
blame monica seles, though, because she was the woman that started it off as a fashion craze!

grindles, London, england

Thank the maker we won't have to endure that awful racket Sharapova makes when she plays - I had to mute the TV. Surely she should be stopped from such histrionics?

J.Wilkes, Gloucester,