I watched the Murray semi-final and thought it one of the best matches I've ever seen. There were none of the banshee wailing which drives me mad.
A mate of mine should me a DVD someone gave him of Azaranka playing someone equally vocal that had a porn soundtrack dubbed onto it. The tears were running down my face with laughter.

One of the competitors was interviewed on radio this week as spectators and radio listeners have been complaining about it. She made no apologies for the noise she makes and said she'll carry on doing it. She didn't explain why though.. A few matches last year at Wimbledon were ruined by excessive, loud grunting. Why has it become an accepted part of the modern game? It's bad behaviour and I would have thought the players coaches at least would discourage them..

I suspect the coaches encourage them to do it, because they think it helps break the concentration of the opponent.

That all of the shrieky female tennis players, from Monica Seles down, have been trained in the US - where they are taught to win by any means necessary (cf. McEnroe's outbursts, which usually preceded a victory). It's tactical - compare sledging in cricket or the reputedly dreadful things that footballers say to each other during free kicks.

I agree that a lot of women's tennis is now unwatchable because of it. How bad does it have to get before the ATP (or whoever) does something?

And will everybody please stop calling it grunting. Grunting is bass. These noises are treble - shrieking, and sometimes actually wailing.

really annoys me AAAAAAH! whenever UUUUHHHH! I tune in to watUHHHHH!ch a match during WinbleAAAAAAH!don week, only to find that UHHHHH! my telly seems to have AAAAHHH! cross faded the soundtrack to that of UUHHH! a seventies porno AAAAAHH! film. UUUUUH! Match point!