THE behaviour of Yuri Sharapov was again questioned yesterday when he appeared to yell at his daughter's opponent during the semi-final against Justine Henin-Hardenne.
The Belgian won a tense, 2 1/2 hour match 4-6 6-1 6-4. She confirmed later that someone did shout out while she was at the northern end of the court, in front of Maria Sharapova's support crew with her father, who is her coach, right in the front row.
"Someone screamed just before I hit my ball. I don't know who it was," Henin-Hardenne said, before adding quickly: "But there is not a problem about that."
Henin-Hardenne appeared to glare in the direction of Sharapov and say something but she later claimed she could not remember what she said.
French umpire Sandra de Jenken made a second appeal to the crowd to remain quiet during each point "as a courtesy to both players". Earlier she made an initial warning when someone called out in French while a point was being played.
Sharapova, 18, later said she did not hear anyone yell out and was unaware that Henin-Hardenne became frustrated afterwards.
"I have no idea," the former Wimbledon champion said.
She would not enter the argument that her father's gestures and vocal support for her during matches might be upsetting opposing players.
"You can ask them, I don't know."
WTA senior communications manager John Dolan said no complaints against Sharapov had been made by Henin-Hardenne to the umpire during the match or by her coach, Carlos Rodriguez, or crew after the match. He said there had been no complaints all tournament.
"I don't know him," Rodriguez said after yesterday's match. "I don't have any contact with him at all. She (Justine) is not sure it is him and like I said to her you don't have to care about that."
Channel Seven footage of the match showed a Melbourne Park security officer moving down the steps, apparently to sit near Sharapov and other members of Sharapova's entourage.
However, a Tennis Australia spokesman said there had been no specific request from the tournament organisers to place a security guard closer to Sharapov to monitor his actions.
Sharapov has been warned by a chair umpire once for yelling during the semi-final match between his daughter and fellow Russian Anastasia Myskina at the 2004 Tour Championships in Los Angeles.
After a match between Sharapova and another Russian Nadia Petrova in August 2003 in Los Angeles, it was reported Petrova made a gesture towards Sharapova because the teenager pumped her fists at the start of the third set.
Her father than began to taunt Petrova from the stands. Later, outside the change rooms, Petrova's then coach Glen Schapp, accosted Sharapov and dumped him in a rubbish bin before security guards arrived.
There are two recourses that players have if they feel Sharapov's actions have interfered with their own games or he has coached, illegally, from the stands. They can complain to the chair umpire and he/she can issue a warning.
They can also complain after the match to the WTA or, in the case of a Grand Slam or Fed Cup match, the ITF (International Tennis Federation) and the video tape will be watched by officials, who then can decide on any penalty.
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Je sais pas si c'est vrai mais ca ne m'étonnerais même pas qu'il l'ai fait...
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Mer 7 Sep 2005 - 17:14
Je ne sais pas si vous l'avez vu hier, mais ça devait être insuportable pour Maria et même pour Nadia! 
, il veut prouver que c'est elle la meilleur fille de russie.