By The Belfast TelegraphNot only did the 21-year-old Russian suffer a bruising 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 defeat by Dinara Safina and the probable loss of her world No 1 ranking here yesterday [Monday June 2, 2008] but she also left Court Suzanne Lenglen to the sound of boos and jeers.
The crowd at Roland Garros are never reluctant to make their feelings known, even if the reasons for their sympathies are sometimes less than clear. They do not like what they see as arrogance or bad sportsmanship, but on occasions just being rich, beautiful, successful and American – or sounding like one – can be enough to earn their contempt. They must have thought the former Wimbledon champion fitted the bill on most counts.
The crowd at Roland Garros are never reluctant to make their feelings known, even if the reasons for their sympathies are sometimes less than clear. They do not like what they see as arrogance or bad sportsmanship, but on occasions just being rich, beautiful, successful and American – or sounding like one – can be enough to earn their contempt. They must have thought the former Wimbledon champion fitted the bill on most counts.
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