BRIT OF A RACKET

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Jun 21, 2009 | by Anonymous

PORTUGUESE starlet Michelle Larcher de Brito has hit back at her critics - and vowed to carry on grunting.

The 16-year-old newcomer's "Arrooous" are estimated to hit 109 decibels - as much noise as a Formula 1 car - and she was booed off at last month's French Open after making a racket.

But De Brito protested: "I am not the only one who grunts out on court.

"At the French Open they gave me a warning but it's part of my game - there is not a lot I can do about it. It's not something I could do without."

Wimbledon officials are considering "noise hindrance" rules, but the world No.90 said: "I've been doing it since I was little."