Women's tennis and "excessive grunting"

[Fatal Dawn]

WIMBLEDON, England -- The WTA says it is working with Grand Slam tournaments and the International Tennis Federation to drive excessive grunting out of tennis.



In a statement, the women's professional tour says it is developing a sport-wide plan to keep future players from grunting by educating them and instituting rule changes.



The WTA had said in January it was looking at ways to deter players from grunting, noting then that some fans find it bothersome.



WTA spokesman Andrew Walker declined Wednesday at Wimbledon to provide specifics of the plan or make CEO Stacey Allaster available for an interview. USA Today reported the plan includes developing a device for umpires to measure grunting during matches, and a rule to set limits on how much noise is acceptable.

http://espn.go.com/t...grunting-tennis

 

[DrLeftover]

Funny, I watched some of the men's coverage yesterday after the Tour stage was over, and nobody grunted at all.



But then later, during the women's match, it sounded like they were giving birth.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

lol, I noticed that too.

But how much of that do they have control over?

 

[Raven]

I always thought it happened in Men's too. I find tennis so boring so never watch it.

 

[DrLeftover]

There are a few men who do 'grunt'.



But it is not as prevalent as it is on the women's side.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpnpLt2SA9I



And I only watch a few of the majors.