Sharapova On The Brink

[ChillDoubt]

of going out at Wimbledon. Currently 4-1 down in the final set to Angelique Kerber.
I for one hope Kerber wins, at least then we won't have to suffer the 'gruntfest' from now until Saturday.

[Sipowicz]

There's not much to choose between them........in the grunting!

[ChillDoubt]

Kerber barely murmered in the first set, I wonder if she's doing it now just to spite Sharapova.

[ladybirder]

It's no contest, Sharapova is awful noise-wise, puts me off watching.

[jim360]

It's a shame that the top half of the draw is loaded -- Sharapova, Bouchard, Halep and Lisicki fighting it out for the semi-finals, let alone the finals spot. As long as it was on mute, I'd love to see any of them win the thing -- especially Lisicki, but I doubt she'll make it to the final this time out.

[ChillDoubt]

Sharapova now serving to stay in it, she can't pull this off, surely?

[ladybirder]

Mute firmly on. Come on Kerber.

[jim360]

The good news is that some of the up-and-coming stars of the game (Halep, Stevens, Bouchard, Robson) don't grunt. Women's tennis might be quiet again in a couple of years!

Two match points Kerber...

[ladybirder]

WOW what a match.

[ChillDoubt]

Congratulations to Kerber, thoroughly deserved.

You can all now re-set your volumes to normal for the rest of the Championships.

[ladybirder]

Well done Kerber. Well deserved.

[Sipowicz]

Silence is golden!

[jim360]

Good news for our ears, I guess. Bouchard v. Kerber and Halep v. Lisciki should be very interesting matches.

[murraymints]

Nadal next !

[jeffa]

Watching Safarova v Makarova - there is barely any grunting at all!

[dunnitall]

I stopped watching tennis some years back because of the nonsensical grunting! They spoil it now so can't watch, how times change and not always for the best I feel.

[jim360]

Nose-wise, the worse you can get is surely Azarenka v. Schiavone...

"Wa-HEE!" "AAAA-aaaa-aa-a-a-a-a-a!" "Wa-HEEEE!" "AAAA-aaaa-aa-a-a-a-a-a!"

[Sipowicz]

30-30?

[ludwig]

Good. It's not even grunting. A grunt is a fairly low and gutteral noise, like pigs make when they're sniffing out truffles.

I'd call the noise these tennis players make 'shrieking at the top of their lungs'.