Navratilova: Shut Up! Sharapova: UUGGGNNHHH!

BLEACHER REPORT points to a remark made by Martina Navratilova - who has apparently become something of an old fussbudget in her retirement - in advance of an exhibition in Japan, in which she chastised Maria Sharapova’s vocal outbursts during matches.

Maria Sharapova screaming during serve

“If I were the commissioner of tennis I would outlaw (screeching during matches),” Navratilova told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan earlier this week. “Maria’s level gets louder the closer the match and quite frankly it’s not necessary, they aren’t lifting 300 pounds, they’re hitting a tennis ball.”

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