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Offline WilliamPowell

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The Grunting Tennis Playing 9 year old
« on: February 28, 2008, 10:41:57 PM »
Has the story about the 9 year old girl being banned from playing if she grunts made it as news around the country?

Reason I ask is because i was just reading 50/50 in the HUN and there was a letter from a lady in Canada supporting Lauren.

Call me cruel but after putting up with Sharapova's antics for 2 weeks during the Aust Open I think anything that forces kids out of this "habit" (and yeah I reckon it is a form of cheating) is worth it. Especially when the Scream Queen Sharapova is this kids hero. To me that's the problem - the kid see Screamapova do it and get away with and they think it OK

BTW: They haven't banned her from playing completely, she's banned if she grunts.

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Re: The Grunting Tennis Playing 9 year old
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2008, 11:32:53 PM »
I'm not an expert on tennis etiquette, but I think Sharapova uses it to intimidate her opponent, and yes that is outside the rules. I agree WP it is a form of cheating that should be discouraged strongly at the junior level...

Banning seems extremely harsh for a 9yo girl though, sometimes I think we interfere too much in society, we're becoming a bunch of Mrs Mangles that want to intrude deep into people's lives via the Herald Scum.    :-\

The other side of me thinks ban the cheeky little copycat until she learns her darn well lesson.  :banghead
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