Wimbledon to crack down on 'grunting'

[steven johnson]

Monica Seles, the first prominent tennis grunter, may have her legacy extinguished. Really loud screams are finally getting on peoples nerves. Andre Agassi was another but it is usually a female tennis trait. Monica Seles was extimated to reach more than 93 decibels and Maria Sharapova occasionally broke 100 decibels. Larcher de Brito, on the other hand, has taken the art to a new level.

A 16-YEAR-OLD Portuguese tennis player tipped as a future great, Michelle Larcher de Brito, emits a wail while hitting shots that seems to last longer than it takes the ball to reach the other side of the net. Sometimes her moans are loud enough to be heard three courts away.

Her decibel level has not yet been officially recorded but she was so noisy during the third round of the French Open last month that her opponent, Ara-vane Rezaï of France, complained to the umpire.

Tennis officials are now calling foul on grunting. The problem they face is determining whether a noisy exhalation of air is natural or done on purpose to put off an opponent.

Although officials can already award a point against grunting players if they are deemed to have hindered an opponent, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is considering whether to make “noise hindrance” part of its code of conduct.

One more grunt and you're out: Wimbledon to crack down after complaints

[PatrynXX]

1. Getting freaking absurd here.

Next up.... people in apartments making love so loud the neighbors can here them will be put out on the streets that very night. Do'h. Where's the love. Shouldn't they be more concerned about whether the players are wearing underwear or not? Can't believe how obsessed some fans are over every nip slip and camel toe on those players. o_O I'd have more fun with Beach Volley Ball. :P

[underpants]

5. I think there is a site called "Porn or Women's tennis?"

the grunting is absurd.

This is Wimbledon-they still make everyone dress in white.

[Twillig]

2. About fucking time.

Take that Nadal!


Ever notice how when S. Williams is playing another grunter shrieker her grunts pick up in volume? It gets ludicrous.


"The problem they face is determining whether a noisy exhalation of air is natural or done on purpose to put off an opponent. "

Just assume it's not natural. Wimbledon, you force everybody to wear white, please make them shut the fuck up.

[Captain Hilts]

3. I do not understand the grunting. Somehow, some way, folks were able to play without it for decades

[joeybee12]

4. Most of these grunters don't grunt in practice, or at least at the high

volume they do during a match...crack down on it, it's an obvious ploy.