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Women's tennis targets 'excessive grunting'

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    WTA takes steps to rid professional events of distracting sounds

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Oh they don't do this in practice and that's the word I mean this is the go run two meter which at WTA say that's not what we're calling it they don't want that -- -- around to Basra they're scared of apparently.

But apparently that there's been clinical evidence that the tennis players the -- no -- actually played better when they are grunting.

The fans they don't want to hear it and it's also that whole criticism.

Well it's distracting as well for another player who doesn't.

Part of tennis is sound.

When someone is approaching the ball you're supposed to be taking these little bitty steps.

And if you hear anything out of the ordinary somebody miss hit the ball -- you can hear it often before you can see it.

But ended at any given the grunting is happening you can't -- it.

Absolutely a distraction and this is -- Serena Williams last year in the finals against Samantha Stosur.

Did this during after hitting a ball -- -- -- the -- and she was penalized in a point was taken away if she exploded on the line judge.

That you're looking back on it well into this huge distraction for starter took it out of the game they want to limit.

They want to make it so that it's even level for everybody equal ground.

No more -- but how do you install that now when most of these girls are learning at age 81011.

You're allowed to -- -- -- as loud as you want -- Sharapova is one of the best young stars in the game.

And she's grunting on every point.

You could talk to yourself for screaming your opponent neither is illegal -- that's okay.

You can't grunt during the point how it and there was a time when rushing the net used to just scream yeah.

Yeah it very good sportsmanship very good sports mainly when paying playing magnolia -- the fish yeah our hearts are and it.

So when this is going to affect -- gonna start talking about it now go back -- anything grand slams coming up but they're thinking if they get through it.

Some legislation to get this hand held device -- nothing's gonna be in an estimated to have this handheld -- sell them at a level.

And see the decibel levels and be able to say oh that's too loud that's not loud enough and then eventually start installing it but.

You know Martina Navratilova came on and she said why do we stop this right away as did this and and there are some other ones have been resistant sort -- saying it really there's some -- problems with our game let's not worry about the agreement also like that stadium -- there that the flushing.

He's a roof they could call literal grunt number.

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