As I was sitting in my doctor's office waiting to see my physician, I noticed a bunch of loud yells being exchanged.

It wasn't really a yell as much as it was a grunt.

Anyway, I peaked my head out of the room seeing if there was a patient in distress or something causing the disturbance until I realized the tiny television on the wall behind me with a Wimbledon match going on.It was Serena Williams against Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.

I waited longer and the high-pitched "ughs" and "ahhs" got more annoying and ingrained in my skull.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a remote or reach the TV to mute the damn thing.

Are these grunts really necessary? No. Yelling really loud doesn't make you sound intimidating nor does it make you hit the ball harder. It's annoying.

I'd rather listen to 80,000 South Africans blow air horns for a 90-minute soccer match (which I did all of this past Confederations Cup) than hear a pair of 17-year-old Russians yelping like a dog that got its foot stepped on.

Just like with the vuvuzela, players, media and fans are speaking out about grunting in tennis.

I think the grunting and shrills are as distracting and annoying to viewers as they are to opponents on Centre Court. It's one of the reasons I don't watch tennis.