Craig Cignarelli’s Court News
ACORNS AND OAK TREES – Today’s trip: Ojai, California
Oceanic swells thriving and crashing to the West, as the renowned Pacific Coast Highway snakes its way Northward.
For Those with Grounds Passes – By Craig Cignarelli
Indian Wells Tennis Garden - With its exoskeleton rising up from the sand, the stadium sends echoes of players practicing for the day’s entertainment.
LA Tennis Challenge: If You Build It
Novak Djokovic and Mardy Fish put on a pro-set full of enough backhand down the line winners that some viewers thought it bore a resemblance to a night at the Laserium.
A Great Guy Doing a Great Thing
Richard Spurling is a passionate but soft spoken Swede, who spends his days teaching tennis on Southern California’s hard courts.
Craig’s take – THEY SHOULD CALL HER WEAKTORIA!
Well, clearly she didn’t cheat. The rules specify she can take a medical timeout if there is a medical problem, and the truth is, the poor woman couldn’t breathe.
Return of Service, Please! – By Craig Cignarelli
Southern California is the ginger step-child of U.S. tennis, often breaking with the national rules and developing maverick systems that let its players flourish
Dear Santa – Let Roger Federer get one more!
As a coach of American juniors and professionals, here are the things I want for Christmas:
Dear Santa – Let Roger Federer get one more!
As a coach of American juniors and professionals, here are the things I want for Christmas:
Letter To Santa – Roger get one more!
As a coach of American juniors and professionals, here are the things I want for Christmas:
PERSPECTIVES FROM CRAIG CIGNARELLI – THE TEN AND UNDER MANDATE DEBATE
A few months back, I was asked to write PRO and CON articles for the Quickstart/TAUT tennis program. Two months ago, 10sballs.com printed the CON article. This is the PRO argument.
Survival of the Hittest?
“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
A rose by any other name…? – By: Craig Cignarelli
I sadly predict no American males will make the second of our homegrown US OPEN. Secretly, I’m rooting for Ryan Harrison to break through, but it’s more of a headline thing than favoritism.
NCAA – Curtailing Character Development By: Craig Cignarelli
It is difficult to argue against the statement “more competitive tennis results in better competitive tennis players.”
Federer Racing Against the Dying of the Light – By: Craig Cignarelli
The line between evolution and erosion is often indistinguishable. Roger Federer turns thirty-one today.
The Gold-plated Laurel, Olympic Tennis, and The Gold Medal
Before the next Olympic Games, sixteen slams will pass. Over that span, the world’s elite players will fall back upon individual pursuits and personal motives to battle their adversaries
10sBalls Top Stories
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- ROGER FEDERER JOINED BY RAFA NADAL FOR THE 2019 LAVER CUP FESTIVITIES IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
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In Case You Missed It
EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA
Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.
TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE
Time to get tickets to watch! Surly you have heard about The Largest Open Tennis Event in America!
TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER
According to Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal was supposed to be back at practice on either Dec. 4 or 5. Well, better late than never!
Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife
Española y checa ya trabajaron juntas durante el pasado Open de Estados Unidos