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[BoredBloke]

I fail to see why all the grunting etc is needed. Smacking a ball doesn't require that much effort.

If dressed in clingfilm that grunting and shouting might add to the spectacle.

[doodab]

I don't mind it, although having to queue twice as long for a coffee is a PITA.

[Mich the Tester]

I don't mind it,

What, dressing in clingfilm?

[doodab]

What, dressing in clingfilm?

I feel a whole new porn genre coming on.

[oracleslave]

I feel a whole new porn genre coming on.

Who needs something new? I am nothing but a dry husk from whilst watching my Andy get all sweaty.

Shaunbhoy.

[Alf W]

Come on, be fair. Tennis is just a sport for women to like. Us blokes have proper sport for the other 50 weeks of the year so we can hardly begrudge them two weeks of come-on-Tim'ing.

I just put Discovery channel on for two weeks and watch documentaries on lions and nazis.

[Ruprect]

saw this in an old viz annual I've got hanging around - made me laugh:

[d000hg]

I was surprised to see also that the women get the same prize money as the men which is no different from me billing 5 days work and the lady billing 5 days for 3 days work.

Equal prize money is fairly recent IIRC. I think 3-set tennis is boring but then I only ever watch Majors so it's what I consider tennis IS.

I just find women's tennis dull, far less variation and less sheer power. Compared to watching the men's top 5-8, it's hugely listless.

[d000hg]

I find all tennis boring. In fact I find it so boring I can't be bothered ranting about how boring I find it.

I'm surprised you're not a fan of Djokovic and the other super-athletic top players. Their physical condition is just insane.

[Doggy Styles]

I fail to see why all the grunting etc is needed. Smacking a ball doesn't require that much effort.

Three things cause me to turn off the radio or TV at the moment - the screaming in women's tennis, the idiot Chris Waddle, and Robert Peston's ah-um-well-you see-um... delivery.