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  • Evert: Women's Grunting Getting Out of Hand

    07/01/2009 6:57:02 PM PDT · by Helotes · 51 replies · 2,052+ views
    ESPN ^ | 6/30/09 | Mike and Mike
    SYDNEY -- Tennis great Chris Evert has joined the chorus of complaints about the noise level in women's tennis, saying the "grunting" was getting out of hand. Evert stopped short of joining former rival Martina Navratilova in labelling the practice as cheating, but agreed it had reached unacceptable levels. Evert: "Grunting is one thing but the shrill sound that you hear with players nowadays, and especially they get louder when they hit a winner, that's the thing that I observe as a player," the former world No. 1 told reporters in Sydney on Monday. "It comes before they hit the...