Comments on: uh-UH! Tennis screeching on the ropes?

By: Frank X. Tranchina

Frank X. Tranchina — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:36:58 +0000

The screeching is ridiculous. I watch with the sound off. Soon…I won’t watch at all. Pity…I used to love watching tennis.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:45:33 +0000

It’s not white noise to me ! In fact it is annoying as hell

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:51:36 +0000

I know I change the channel a lot quicker when the “grunting” players are on TV.

By: Black

Black — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:41:03 +0000

Grunting distracts them from chasing a ball around a court? What kind of sense does that make? “I’m sorry, I know there are several thousand people here who oooh and ahhh during points but her grunting is just too much!”. Maybe they should also come up with a rule against how fast you can hit the ball. It has to be distracting as hell when someone hits the ball past you all the time.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:38:30 +0000

Yeah, Larcher de Brito was the worst thing I have ever heard in my entire life. Sharapova needs to tone it down every now and then, but Michelle sounds like she’s strangling a small puppy. If there was a penalty, the voices would magically come down.

By: J.P.

J.P. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:21:26 +0000

Honestly, the whole grunting thing hasn’t been a hot-button issue since the days of Seles and early in Sharapova’s career. Most (female) players grunt a bit, but it’s mostly white noise at this point. I will say, though, that what Michelle Larcher de Brito–the 16-year-old who got the debate going again with her insane moaning/screeching with every shot–does is louder and just plain more annoying than anyone I’ve ever heard on a tennis court. It’s pretty painful to listen to and I imagine would be quite distracting to an opponent. If there’s a line that needs to be drawn between OK and you’ve-gotta-be-kidding-me loud, she would certainly have already crossed it.

By: boomer

boomer — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:57:44 +0000

I usually watch women’s tennis on mute because of the grunting. Hopefully this goes through.