Well, the details aren't totally confirmed, but it looks like an Australian tennis club banned a nine-year-old girl from competing in tennis because she grunts when she plays. Tennis fans will immediately invoke fellow grunter Maria Sharapova, and the mother of all tennis grunters, Monica Seles (whose signature vocalizations were mentioned almost every time she was) but despite the noble tradition, Lauren Edwards was told to knock off the noise.

Here's how the tennis club made a little girl cry on the court: When Lauren played a recent match, her opponent complained about the grunts. The club asked Lauren's dad to ensure she would cut out the racket (ba dum) but after one more noise, she was told she couldn't play any more. Maybe it's because I grunt when I blog, but this story enrages me. I've never understood why people feel they have a right to prohibit grunting (even Monica got flack) and the only argument I hear is that it distracts the other player. Well, welcome to competition. Playing through distractions is part of being a good athlete. And I seriously don't like it when clubs make little girls weep.