Neptune
Jul 6th, 2006, 06:03 PM
The Sun
Scream team
By CHARLIE WYETT
MARIA SHARAPOVA is pals with Portuguese winker Cristiano Ronaldo — and cheered AGAINST England at the World Cup.
The Russian scream queen kissed her necklace and prayed as the Manchester United winger stepped up for his crucial penalty against Paul Robinson.
And the 19-year-old shrieked with delight when he dumped England out of the competition.
Sharapova, who watched the quarter-final clash in the players’ lounge on Saturday, knows Ronaldo as they are both in the Nike stable.
One Portuguese observer said: “She was cheering for us but, really, it was all for Ronaldo.”
Sharapova, famed for her massive grunting and yelping on court, beat her own noise record this week when she emitted a personal best 102.7 decibels.
The Russian made the whopping screech — as much noise as a jackhammer drill or a lion’s roar — while thrashing fellow Russian Elena Dementieva, 24, on Wimbledon’s Centre Court two days ago.
c.wyett@the-sun.co.uk
Scream team
By CHARLIE WYETT
MARIA SHARAPOVA is pals with Portuguese winker Cristiano Ronaldo — and cheered AGAINST England at the World Cup.
The Russian scream queen kissed her necklace and prayed as the Manchester United winger stepped up for his crucial penalty against Paul Robinson.
And the 19-year-old shrieked with delight when he dumped England out of the competition.
Sharapova, who watched the quarter-final clash in the players’ lounge on Saturday, knows Ronaldo as they are both in the Nike stable.
One Portuguese observer said: “She was cheering for us but, really, it was all for Ronaldo.”
Sharapova, famed for her massive grunting and yelping on court, beat her own noise record this week when she emitted a personal best 102.7 decibels.
The Russian made the whopping screech — as much noise as a jackhammer drill or a lion’s roar — while thrashing fellow Russian Elena Dementieva, 24, on Wimbledon’s Centre Court two days ago.
c.wyett@the-sun.co.uk