Comments on: Grunting Female Tennis Players, Stop!

By: sporty

sporty — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:25:07 +0000

Its 2012 The game is athletic of course people need to grunt

By: Tennis nut

Tennis nut — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:07:54 +0000

That is true both men and women grunt!!!!!! I have also read about grunting and that it does give you slightly more power. It is a shame that the public aren’t educated more on this.

By: GRUNTING

GRUNTING — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:03:47 +0000

I said they get noticed because of their DNA in other words because they are women their grunting is more high pitched compared to men that are deeper. Both men and women grunt

By: The Insider

The Insider — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:58:02 +0000

This is just rubbish. Its not in their DNA.. its what they learn to do to get some extra power when they are younger, plus on occasions it puts off the opposition. Grunting can happen, but it does need to be controlled.

By: GRUNTING

GRUNTING — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:52:58 +0000

I think that people that complain about grunting do not understand that players hit differently some are aggressive and some are waiting for their opponents errors. The aggressive ones usually grunt. The female player is only noticed because their DNA is different to the male players . eg have you noticed that men speak deeper than women of course you have. Also it has been scientifically proven that by grunting the player increases their power shots. So my comment would be to stop complaining and enjoy watching these athletes play tennis!!!!!!!

By: Jonathan W Washburn

Jonathan W Washburn — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:28:11 +0000

I am bothered by many things that never rise to the level of complaining. If you are unaware of the broad level of criticism leveled at grunting, then your comments are narrow and of limited value. In addition to the players, the spectators have a right to enjoy a tournament which is played as an entertaining event. The origin of sport is a fellowship of spirited competition, not harassment of the opponent. I believe the grunt-er to be psychologically addicted and should address that issue.

By: The Insider

The Insider — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:06:24 +0000

It is the worst thing about womens tennis by a long way!

By: Dislexic Landlord

Dislexic Landlord — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:55:40 +0000

Grunnting is awfull

It should be stopped full stop

its very off putting and not great to watch

I have stopped watching women tennis too

By: SkyBlue36

SkyBlue36 — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:03:58 +0000

I have stopped watching women’s tennis as I find the animal noises they emit are disgusting. The women’s game is more about selling sex than anything else and these noises are killing off that factor as well. Pretty soon no-one will watch it.

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:17:41 +0000

Correct – several Male players do grunt, but it IS an obvious effort “grunt” !
What Sarapova and Williams do is far more accurately called a “scream”.
How anyone can sit through a match listening to that is beyond me. Like many others, i only watch mens tennis because of it.
The officials need to clamp down on this, and award points to the opponent until it stops. It should have nothing to do with player opinion.
Next time you play with your buddy, you should each scream like these “women” – you will laugh your knickers off !