BBC 6 o Clock news fails to mention that..

I know that a few years ago our national women's netball team won the world championships in great syle, but it wasn't really mentioned in the media, except for a well deserved double page spread in Grazia magazine.

It's not just tennis though is it.

When did you last hear what is happening in women's football, volleyball, boxing, darts

Love that article, SingingSilver

The only time I seem to see anything in the press about women's tennis is when its a report about someone's personal life, style of dress or as mentioned above feuds. I agree, tis v depressing.

I play tennis quite a lot (not as much as I would like) I don't hoot, scream or screech. Tennis is quite boring to watch now, they are all base line players. Bring back Navratilova & Novotná.

I like Murray too. He's much maligned and a far nicer person in "real life" than his court persona. Anyone see the documentary about him Sunday night?

I'm not seeing how "screeching" stops the BBC reporting on women's tennis.

Azarenka is the worst in that respect for me, because of the hooting! Grunting/screaming I can understand, but hearing 'hoooo' everytime she hits the ball is maddening because it sounds so unnatural!

I like Murray though

As an ex player and lifelong tennis fan I agree about the way women's tennis is treated as secondary. But I cannot bear to watch Sharapova or Azarenka. Their screeching is like someone slamming a door on a cat's tail and way beyond the male grunting.

Why the fuck can't tennis authorities bring in a rule that penalises it? It borders on gamesmanship as it totally obliterates the sound of the ball on the strings, thus diminishing the chance of the opponent spotting how much slice and spin the ball is being hit with.

Maybe too late to stop the current crop of screechers but it could be done for youngsters coming up.

I know it's OT but Andy Murray is lovely! I've met him several times and he couldn't have been nicer. He just suffers from Resting Bitch Face. As do I. When I smile I look like I'm in pain, so I don't bother unless it happens involuntarily.

I like this Charlie Brooker article about Andys non-smiling face www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/08/andy-murray-not-miserable-just-normal

But it does piss me off that the press only seem intereested in women's tennis when they can report on an alleged feud. They delight in perpetuating the myth that all male tennis players get on great and all female tennis players are at each others throats.

Bloody Murray! He's a right misery guts anyway my telly finds him offensive.

Depressing

'Twas ever thus

It is depressing isn't it? And it's one of those things I never noticed so much until I started getting interested in feminism and now I notice it all the time. It is subtle and we are conditioned to accept that sport is primarily about men.

Someone on here called it the 'homo' gaze as opposed to the male gaze.