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Grunting Female Tennis Players, Stop!

There has been a lot of talk about grunting at this years Wimbledon. I saw on the news the other day that Nick Bollettieri mentioning that he will be providing grunting lessons at his academy after the tournament. I do think that with Maria Sharapova, Michelle Larcher de Brito, Serena Williams and others, there is just too much grunting on court at the moment.

I previously I used to grunt a little bit myself and found that it was more habit than anything, but it was always a small noise compared to Sharapova is producing these days.

So what do you think about grunting and its current situation in the game?

Sixteen Year old Michelle Larcher De Brito Beats Jie Zheng at the French Open

Sixteen year old Michelle Larcher De Brito has caused a big upset in the second round of the French Open. The first ever Portugese in the main draw has beaten fifteenth seed Jie Zheng of China 6-4 6-3.

Michelle has now setup a third round match against Aravane Rezai of France in which she really has a great chance to reach the round of 16 at her first ever grand slam. If she does get into the round of 16 she will face world number one Dinara Safina.