If someone cries painfully, she or he has to be­ forfeited and sent to the next doctor by the­ referee.
If the doctor finds no reasons for pains, she­ or he should be banned fro one year, as it was an­ attempt to play foul.
It is THAT easy.
The referee­ alreday HAS the power to forfeit an injured player if­ the health is in danger.

The more I think about this the more I blame Nick­­ Bollettieri's academy, it just seems to me the the­ biggest offenders train there. This seems to be part of­ the training in a attempt to give a player an advantage­ over their opponent. It is time to start penalizing the­ offenders.
BTW, my wife will not for any reason watch­ Screechapova or any of the other screamers including­ but not limited to the Williams sisters. We have­ tickets to the US Open but in the opening week will­ watch other matches on outside courts in favor of­ listening to the screeching.
For us the best tennis­ tournament is one where all of the noise makers lose­ early, this would be perfect for us

And Martina's­ record gives her more right to speak on this matter­ than any of us (including me)..

As much as i too i get irritated at the­ grunts(actually­ one of the reason's i don't­ rlly love watching­ female tennis),i think this young­ player deserves some­ credits on the stage she is now­ in her career and at­ this young age rather than many­ topics abt her­ Grunts,lol poorthing
The Florida­ academy of Nick Bollettieri is probably right grunting­ cna help release energy(and anger...lol they forgot to­ include that)
i also cnt help but laugh at the­ way­ Larcher de Brito answered the questions she was­ asked­ about her grunting,so much attitude i feel....she­­ could have said those same words in a nicer way but­ its­ all good she definitely is a 16 year old, in the­ future­ she'll learn the right way.let her be and­ act her­ age, if she don't do it now then it ll be­ a­ problem
Keep Up the good play girl! you'll hav­ a­ bright future ahead of you! Goodluck

Never heard a row like it ! me i switched off

honeybeecro7, you are correct. Workers who are exposed­ to noise in excess of 90 decibels must, by law, be­ provided with industrial ear protectors. That means­ that, unless these girls (and some of the men too) are­ stopped from screaming and bellowing, the umpire, line­ judges and ball kids should all be wearing earmuffs.­ Wimbledon, and other tournaments in any country with­ similar laws (all of the EU and the USA included), are­ breaking the law by allowing this to continue.

if grunting is cheating...then why the WTA don't­ add a new rule so that no players are allowed 2 grunt­ in a tennis match...instead of complaining everytime­ during a tournment.Some agrees but some disagrees and­ this arguement about grunting will last forever.They­ should look 4 a solution 2 solve this problem.As for­ this point,GO MICHELLE!!!!Grunt all u wanted!!!!!

navratilova should shut her @#$% @#$%. no one care­ about her,her time has come and gone why cant she shut­ the hell up. she feels she is tennis royalty. did she­ 4get that it was her that made maria the player maria­ is..tennis players should be allowed to grunt, if­ grunts are banned all the top players should boycott­ tennis(serena, venus, maria) and show those @#$% what­ they're really missing out. no one wud care to­ watch women tennis if those 3 are not playing

Seles grunts of "ah hee" after every strike­ was nothing compared to the­ aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhh­ hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh of De Brito

sajoao72-if MB is Michelle Brito I disagree that she is­ from a poor country(Portugal is hardly poor) and­ it's not just about her(well it shouldn't be­ because she isn't the only one screaming)-everyone­ should stop screaming or reduce it to a normal­ level(Ivanović and Dementieva have acceptable­ level of noise).

HOW ABOUT "GRUNTING" DURING SEX????

If watching tennis match while someone is screaming is­ tough just imagine what it must be like only meters­ away from someone who makes this kind of noise(not just­ Larcher de Brito but Sharapova,Azarenka,today Kutuzova,­ sometimes Williams sisters and so on).
And isn't it­ illegal to be exposed to certain level of noise in some­ countries?
This isn't just coming from English­ media-discussions about noise that players make has­ been going for a long time.

The noise the women are making is getting so­ distracting that I have stopped watching women's­ matches. Yes, there are men grunts but they do not seem­ to be as loud (maybe it is the pitch), the women seem­ to take it to the next level. Why is it that the­ loudest screeches seem to be players from Nick­ Bollettieri's academy?
And when it is distracting­ to your opponent it crosses the line and borders on­ cheating. Tennis in general and women's tennis in­ particular need to get a handle on this before they­ loose more viewers.

I'll reformulate 2nd part: If MB was english or­ american, this grunting thing would never be a issue.­ Unfortunately, she's from a poor country and does­ what others do too by far better!!

Why second part of my coment is "invalid­ coment"???? (trying to complete 39)

After reading all these coments, articles, and all­ other tons of trash on this subject, I can't help­ throwing in my own!
Point 1: Michelle GRITO, I mean­ Brito (:)), is indeed THE LOUDEST TENNIS PLAYER EVER.­ Period.
Point 2: She is a great tennis player with lots­ of talent yet to come out!
Point 3: Following some­ coments in here, here's a list of some amazing­ cheating tennis players: Agassi, Sharapova, Serena­ (Yes!!) Williams, Vennus (Yes, too) Williams, Selles­ (very big Yes!). Oh, didn't you all notice? (Yes,­ you too, Ms. Navratilova, didn't you notice?)...­ this is just a sample of some notables on the list of­ the "cheating"!

oh sorry miles mcdonald but I thought Navratilova was­ czech not english you pr ick

unbelievable from navratilova, should know better­ really. its completely natural to make noise whilst­ running around the court hitting the ball at over­ seventy miles per hour, its not nice to be called a­ cheat at anything especially something you cant help.­ if officials did make it stop the players would be­ concentrating more than the tennis, which is what we­ want to see.

@ Bobito: do u think screaming on court is not playing­ the game fairly? She screams cause is the best way that­ she can express and play well...that what i think...she­ will not going to stop just because some Navratilova­ and British press are saying that screaming on court­ its like cheating...plz guys...

I do respect Martina Navratilova, a lot actually, but i­ cant agree with her in this point. Ok, its her opinion,­ but c'mon, how can she say that screaming on court­ is cheating? Each player has his way to play. Let her­ play plz.

You are right Jailson, not every player is the same.­ Some play the game fairly, others don't. I dislike­ those who don't.