Grunting tennis players

[Trader]

They're all at it now.

 

Is it really necessary?

 

It's putting me off watching.

[Saintandy666]

They are hitting the ball incredibly hard, more so than you could ever imagine.

[Trader]

They are hitting the ball incredibly hard, more so than you could ever imagine.

 

So do golfers but they don't have to make stupid noises.

 

Monica Seles has a lot to answer for.

[Saintandy666]

So do golfers but they don't have to make stupid noises.

 

Monica Seles has a lot to answer for.

 

Yer, but golf is not as physical as tennis. It's one hit... and then another go a bit later. Very technical and hard, but not the constant physicality. Some people underestimate just how hard playing tennis to a decent level is.

[Trader]

It's just not necessary - it's just a fashion, nobody made a sound before Seles.

 

Roger Federer doesn't make a peep - are you suggesting that he doesn't play as hard as anyone else?

 

And as for Maria Sharapova, she sounds like she's been murdered with every shot.

[Northant Saint]

Maria Sharapova is terrible, or really sexy, depends how you view it.

[scotty]

Slight tangent, years back when jeremy bates was the british no. 1 and Radio 5 had just started, they had some bird on the commentary during one of his matches.

 

That was two hours of pure filth, every point played sounded like a porn soundtrack. This woman was gasping and groaning like she was getting spitroasted and loving it. Never heard anything like it, the dirty *****.