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Grunting in tennis: Gamesmanship or unsportsmanlike?

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Just because former champion Maria Sharapova and 16-year-old Portuguese phenom Michelle Larcher de Brito have been eliminated from this year's Wimbledon draw doesn't mean the lords of tennis are ready to sound the all-clear. The vocal hurricane that has been gathering force in women's tennis for years has hit with full force this spring, fueled by ...

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jqpublic

Rocky Hill, CT

Judged:

If tennis officials keep allowing the immature grunters and shriekers to continue with their self-indulgent mind games and childish gurglings then their well-mannered opponents may have no alternative than to scream "A**HOLE" on every one of their shots in retaliation.

mancuso

Birmingham, AL

Oh Brother did a segment today (link below) about this whole issue with players making loud grunting sounds... i've always found that to be bothersome, but they raised some interesting points about it...

http://ohbrotherradio.com/post/166389632/wedn...

Tap San in LIC

“101 degrees of F&P !!!”

Since: Aug 07

12,244

Downtown Saugerties

ISP: Saugerties, NY

Judged:

who <grunt> cares <grunt>

Al Kahalik

“Forget gold, where's the F&P?”

Since: Feb 08

5,107

Cranston, RI

Judged:

I like it when Simona Halep grunts

Guinness Drinker

“Have a Holly, Jolly Guinness !”

Since: Dec 07

5,309

Bohemia

ISP: Pasadena, MD

Tap San in LIC wrote:

who <grunt> cares <grunt>

are you taking a dump again ?!?

liner

Huntington, NY

Guinness Drinker wrote:

<quoted text>
are you taking a dump again ?!?

LOL!

Sal Minella

Elkhart, IN

Judged:

Shrieking bimbos are an annoyance. You couldn't give me a seat to watch that BS.

Besides, why should the noisy (frequently talentless) bimbos receive the same prize money when they spend less time on the court? Watching them play is like being served pasta without the sauce.

Ditto for basketball and virtually every other sport. We can all be thankful they haven't been attracted to bull riding or cage fighting, although topless, blindfolded cage bouts might prove amusing.

Yall be careful out there

Port Washington, NY

Sal Minella wrote:

Shrieking bimbos are an annoyance.

Orgasmically speaking?

Sateb Namorn

Penshurst, Australia

Long live Monica.

Grunting diva ORIGINALE!

JB weld

Elkhart, IN

Grunting is acceptable, schreeching ain't.

Monica annoyed the spectators so much she got attacked.......but I don't recall if she shrieked when she was actually supposed to.

Yall be careful out there

Port Washington, NY

JB weld wrote:

Grunting is acceptable, schreeching ain't.
Monica annoyed the spectators so much she got attacked.......but I don't recall if she shrieked when she was actually supposed to.

She shrieked when it was good for her...

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