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  • WTA May Ban On-court Screaming (Women's Tennis)

    10/28/2013 11:32:12 PM PDT · by TexGrill · 22 replies
    China Radio International ^ | 10/29/2013 | Lu
    The "Queen of scream", Maria Sharapova, may be groaning about a tennis rule outlawing grunting. According to a report from USA TODAY on October 26, The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has revealed that they will begin testing noise levels at tournaments as it explores how to rid the sport of unwarranted grunting. "We have begun to do the audio testing, and we have begun it in this quarter of 2013," WTA chief executive Stacey Allaster said on Saturday at the WTA Championships. "There is more data to be done, there's more assessment to be done on the different audible levels....