Wimbledon grunts
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Is anyone watching the tennis at the moment? There is a women on who is making a really ridiculous noise every time she serves. Why?
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It enables them to serve faster and more accurately and thats what you need to do to add slice to your serve:D and not at all because it is the done thing or to put off their opponent:rolleyes:
Not neccessarily , I remember that singer off Maroon 5 saying that he was disappointed by Sharapova in bed and that she was like a "frog" , not the loud orgasmic treat he expected
Probably why the crowd were getting behind the other woman too. (And the place seemed rather empty!)
Although that wasn't actually true. It was a satirical article that appeared in the Russian online magazine The Exile (whose editorial policy is 'We shit everybody equally'). However despite denials from all involved it seems to be one of those stories that has stuck.
There are certain players that do it all the time - Sharapova, obviously. Her shrieking gets more and more painful as the match progresses - particularly when she's losing!!
Azarenka, who was playing yesterday, was making some peculiar sounds as well.
A short, sharp grunt or yelp is used because it pushes oxygen into your blood stream quicker, same reason martial artists do it. But a 'whhhooooohooo' that goes on until the ball hits the ground on the other side of the net is just ridiculous.
Shameful.
Ah right okay , you can tell that I don't research my info then
I have to agree with this. I don't think grunting is a bad thing neccessarily but when it lasts until the opponet hits the ball on the other side then clearly that is nothing but gamesmanship , no-one actually needs to grunt for that long.
I do think it's very unfair that everyone is focussing on this as a problem purely with the women's game; the sound is more noticeable because it's at a higher pitch, but some of the grunts from the men's game are just as prominent.
The grunts from the women are usually much louder than the men though, and as much has been proven.
The decibel levels have been measured- some of the shrieks from Sharapova for example have been over 105 decibels :eek:
There are plenty of other women shreikers that sound as loud as Sharapova too- particularly the Williams sisters and especially Serena, as well as countless others people have already mentioned.
I can’t think of any men that grunt as loudly as them, I think that's why people primarly focus on the women grunters
You and me both.
Agree.. With the main perps, it continues well up to the point when the ball is in their opponent's hitting zone. Interestingly, none of these players seem to be half as noisy during practice. :rolleyes:
To be fair though, the grunters are in the minority. I'm not sure why women's tennis as a whole has been associated with the issue.
Dementieva also quite loud.
I'd say at least half of the womens matches I've watched, have had at least one loud screechy player