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    Mr KLC
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    Just Saw An ESPN Story On Grunting In Tennis

    I can see where the higher ups, and some players don't like it. You have a hard time hearing the ball hit the racket, and it can be damn annoying. They were talking about how old school players like Navratilova cannot stand it. I guess they feel that it has gotten bad enough where they are saying the line judge will have a noise monitor on the court to see if it gets too loud.

    On a personal note though, I enjoy it myself. Closest I've gotten to hearing orgasmic grunts in about 10 years.

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    I'm working on a documentary focusing on Porn stars that use tennis rackets exclusively, but make NO noises

    kinda the diametrical opposite of this story.

    research can be a bitch!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    I'm working on a documentary focusing on Porn stars that use tennis rackets exclusively, but make NO noises

    kinda the diametrical opposite of this story.

    research can be a bitch!
    I guess this would kind of follow a silent movie format? I'm sure the creative team has several ideas for the "placement" of the rackets.

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    Media is really the only reason this is still talked about. It's been a hinderance for a decade with most of the wenches who are playing now. The majority of them are 100% using it to mask the sound of the ball off the racket. If you watch enough of all the grunters, you can either see them in practice or at times on-court during matches where they do not grunt. So it is not some uncontrollable shit. It's annoying, but for me I have gotten used to it - only people it really sucks for are the opponents, but I am sure most of them have adapted whether they like it or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    I'm working on a documentary focusing on Porn stars that use tennis rackets exclusively, but make NO noises

    kinda the diametrical opposite of this story.

    research can be a bitch!
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr KLC View Post

    I guess this would kind of follow a silent movie format? I'm sure the creative team has several ideas for the "placement" of the rackets.

    Much like the matches there will be sliding, fist-pumping and lots of back-court action. Straight sets are highly unlikely.

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    blame monica seles

    she started this shit 20 years ago

    and speaking of...has anyone seen her recently....holy fukkin tranny lookin broad!

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    It's not too annoying with the men, since they kind of just exhale, but the women like Azarenka who scream "WHOOOOO!!!!" with every swing is incredibly irritating. Azarenka is the worst offender, or at least the most annoying, IMO. The other women at least just kind of make a high pitched grunt and the noise, while still bothersome, isn't nearly as bad as Azarenka's 3 second long "WHOOOO......"

    Seriously, how annoying is this?


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    my opponents get distracted watching me eat when i play

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    There's a great scene in a movie called "Ken Park" that "touches" on this subject. I'd post the video, but it's not SBR approved.

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    I hate Sharapova's noise.

    Azarenka just sounds like an idiot.

    Makes many people not want to watch womens tennis.

    Getting close to cheating in my book.

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    Azaranka sounds like a blow off valve lmao
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