Paris turns against teen scream-queen De Brito

PORTUGUESE 16-year-old Michelle Larcher De Brito grunted her way into the limelight at the French Open on a day Venus Williams made her now customary early exit from Roland Garros.

While Williams, the third seed, was slipping to a fourth third-round defeat in five years here, Larcher De Brito was in front of the press defending the shrieks and squeals that made her public enemy number one during her defeat to France’s Aravane Rezai.

Rezai, who won 7-6 (7/3) 6-2 on Philippe Chatrier court, complained several times to the umpire about the often inappropriate noises coming from the other side of the net, not just as she struck the ball but also when her opponent made a mistake.