Victoria Azarenka says that the crowd's constant imitation of her loud grunts during her win over Aussie Casey Dellacqua on Wednesday did not bother her. "I have no problem with that at all actually," she said. "I knew it's gonna happen. They wanted her to win bad. It's fine for me. Doesn't really bother me."
Azarenka, who beat Mona Barthel in the the third round on Friday, added that she was not unconscious of what was going on. "Of course I hear it. I mean, I'm not deaf," she said. "But it's fine for me. I respect the crowd, whatever they do. I try to just be focused on my game, and that's it."
The Belarusian grew angry with herself during her straight-sets win over Barthel, but said for the most part she has improved her on-court temperament. "I'm very emotional player," she said. "I try to control my bad emotions. But that wasn't the case really today.... Bad emotions is more in the back days a little bit. Beginning of last year I think it was the last one. Breaking racquets. Having that almost crying face on the court, as a lot of players do. But I try to stay composed and control it."