MELBOURNE, Australia — The sound of women’s tennis has not changed, but the fury it can cause has intensified.

The sport’s two best-known screechers, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, are No. 3 and No. 4 in the rankings and are semifinalists at the Australian Open.

As they won more matches, players below them complained about the noises they made.

The latest among these was Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, the eighth-ranked player, who lost in three sets to Azarenka in a quarterfinal match Tuesday. After her exit from the tournament, Radwanska said that she had become used to Azarenka’s shrill hoot from years of playing against her, but that Sharapova’s scream was too much.

“About Maria, I mean, what can I say?” Radwanska said. “For sure that is pretty annoying and it’s just too loud.”