The shrieking, especially by the irritating snob­ Sharapova, MUST be outlawed.

thanks for ur opinions. i appriciate.

Ronsenglish
.. I 100% agree with you .... I still think­ that Olga miss the points ...Well said ..

Hit the nail right on the head there Rose. Well said.

Olga, your an armchair fan and critic try being court­ side, it can be very of-putting and definitely over the­ top, Fans count as much if not more than TV money, you­ hear players asking the umpire to do something about­ the excessive grunts and they get no backing. I think­ it's gamesmanship, it disguise the sound of the­ ball coming of the racket and should have a limit on­ it's volume.

Tim! U are Big Kahuna now? What a surprise! Great big­ hello to u!! I didn't recognize u sorry ))) hope u­ are doing good, cheers )

maisara_edwards )) we won't discuss here male­ or..sms, will we )) as for the umpires - mr.­ Scott's quote again: "There are rules in­ place. There are hindrance rules. Chair umpires are­ empowered to issue warnings, point penalties if there­ is a feeling that it's gamesmanship affecting­ play." They know how to do their not-bad-paid job­ i believe, and they can scream OUT!!! very loud - i­ heard it many times ) As for me - i remember Gonzo­ arguing with linesman as he did in RG - long, loud and­ gesturing for few minutes, then moving the track of the­ ball with his a*se )))) do u think its much better­ behaviour on court?))

Olga, you are right . Rafa grunts nothing compare to­ Gustavo Kuerten ............ I'm not Maris's­ fan but Nadal ardent fan .... but be it Rafa , Maria or­ Gustavo ..... That gruntling sounds sometime can be­ mistook as a linesmen call OUT !!!! I dont even like to­ hear RAFA's grunt it sounds like ..... sorry but­ sound like O.R.G.A.S.M............. :)Dont you think­ so ???

Well, obviously Mike D has a point. However, to stop­ watching tennis because of noise is stupid. If­ Sharapova and co. can't turn the noise down, we as­ TVspectators can ^^
@ Olga, noone complains about Nadal­ because he wins his matches grunting. And probably even­ more important: he has several other tics (which you­ also named) that distract the attention, as those other­ habits are unique.
And indeed, if grunting is a way of­ focussing for players, you can't possibly forbid­ it. How would they? Determine a maximum sound level? 90­ dB or sth?
The idea is nice, as grunting can be­ annoying, but it's not possible...

Olga , I agree with you that grunting with some players­ comes with the territory . I don't really pay­ attention to it unless it gets too loud . In defense ­ of SharÁpova , she is NOT the only player who grunts­ loudly .There are so many other players , men and women­ , who do the same thing . I think she is unfairly­ targeted though !!

Guys, what i think, is that we can find smth we dislike­ in almost every pro tennis player - somebody is­ grunting, somebody is preparing to serve for a long,­ somebody is checking smth in the a*se, somebody is­ pumping fist, somebody is crying...should i go on??­ They are just humans - this is my point. They all have­ their own lack of something. They all are not perfect -­ visibly, hearebly or sensibly. Thats what matters. Lets­ accept them the way they are as soon as they try to do­ their best on court. Don't u agree? (english is bad­ again)
PS hello to all )

ok, maisara_edwards, please tell me why. May be cuz he­ can minimize it? And girls can not?

Olga, I disagree with you .........................­ Maria grunts is like a siren . Annoying &­ irritating .She can grunt or shriek but I still beleive­ that she can minimize it ( bring down the volume )­ ............................ Actually its not only­ women Tennis ..... If you are a real tennis fan Nadal­ grunts too ............... But no one complaints !!!!!­ Ask yourself why ??

Hi Olga ! Long time no see . How are you ?

Mike D, let me disagree. If u don't like to watch­ them - don't watch; u don't like to hear them -­ don't watch either ) It's that simple. As for­ fans - if they are real fans - they will come and watch­ and hear. I am sure those three girls whos all noise is­ here about are not doing it on purpose - "I­ haven't had players come to me in my six years as­ head of the WTA to say this is a competition­ issue...", mr. Scott said. This is just the way­ they try to put all their power in the shot. This is­ not an issue to change the rules for. Reducing revenues­ - .... not for fans to decide i guess... Just my­ opinion and sorry for bad english. Enjoy Wimbledon)