According to the Russian website, Sports.Ru, Australian Open semifinalist Ekaterina Makarova has complained about Maria Sharapova in conversation with the media.

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“She knows how to make you lose your confidence and always keep you to the limit,” said Makarova, according to this translation from tennisworldusa.org. “It is frustrating to see how she wastes time. At times it looks like she is ready to serve, but then she starts doing all her moves again. At the beginning it didn't all really bother me, but then she started shouting her ‘C'Mons’ after each point, as she would do when she is facing a tough moment. Each time more and more frequently.

"I don't think she behaves correctly, or that she has good sportsmanship. She takes too much time before serving. The 20 seconds she is allowed within one point and the other are often passed. Then you get stuck at focusing more on these things rather than the match itself…”

Makarova is the second hard-luck loser to complain about her opponent during last weekend’s final rounds at the Australian Open. Andy Murray also complained that Novak Djokovic distracted him in the final, and that he let it keep him from playing his best tennis.