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Life on the Pro Circuit: Final Thoughts

This is the eleventh article in a series by Craig Cignarelli, who is traveling with a sixteen-year old girl for her first pro tournament.

Life on the Pro Circuit: Polluted and Pristine

New word of the day: Poutclassed (def) when the level of service brings you to tears

Life on the Pro Circuit: Orange Lakes in Elephant Skies

New word of the day: Bluffet (def) when you think you're going to get food and you end up with nuthin'!

The French open. Paris ,France.

Rafael Nadal is having a great tourney. We realize that Rafa is in a dream position from Wimbledon on.

Life on the Pro Circuit: A Day of Practice

New word of the day: Morejito (def) what you order when chambermaids wreck your confidence in humanity

Life on the Pro Circuit: Tennis and Other Things – By Cignarelli

New word of the day: Bairdry (def) standing naked and wet, in your hotel room, waiting to dry

Life on the Pro Circuit: The Four Seed – by Cignarelli

New word of the day: Thundervolt (def) the hyper-charged cloud-level explosion that knocks out power and shakes a hotel to its bowels

Life on the Pro Circuit: A Day Off – By: Cignarelli

New word of the day: Youngstar (def) when an adolescent begins to rise

Life on the Pro Circuit: Another Step On the Ladder – By Cignarelli

New word of the day: Qualifrying (def) when the weather is officially hot enough to fry an egg

LIFE ON THE PRO CIRCUIT – By Craig Cignarelli

Some coaches sleep in five-star hotels and rely upon tournament-sponsored transportation from white-haired volunteers via Porsche or Mercedes, as their charges contest for major titles.

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.

THE BEST OF THE BEST

As dolphin fins pierce the Pacific’s surface, the morning sunrise paints an array of colors upon the Malibu Racquet Club.

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.

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