An end to groaning on the tennis court?

Former tennis champion Boris Becker has demanded that tennis players should be banned from moaning and groaning on court. Manuel António Pina comments: "Even tennis is now in a crisis. Boris Becker, the German brute and former world number one, is calling for a ban on the squeaks and moans that Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams make when they hit the ball, arguing that they sound overtly sexual. I started watching tennis because of Sharapova ... and I would be very sad if she had to play gagged and wearing a burqa in future. Next thing we know UEFA will ban players from hugging each other after scoring a goal. After the angry truck drivers ... all that was missing were the Riders of the Apocalypse for good morals."

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