World No. 2 Victoria Azarenka said she was not consulted before the WTA came to an agreement with the Grand Slams and the ITF to develop a handheld device ("a kind of Hawk-Eye for noise") to objectively measure on-court grunting levels in the future. Azarenka is considered to be one of the WTA's loudest grunters.
"Good luck with that," Azarenka told TENNIS.com about the WTA decision.
WTA CEO Stacy Allaster told USA Today that current generation of players will not be affected by the plan.
"I don't know what going to happen, they are trying they are not trying, until they decide something there's nothing to talk about," Azarenka added.