Word: vigna
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vigna then spent a little time on the junior tennis circuit. "It was a bad scene," she says. "It was a horrible experience to see girls do anything, even cheat, in order...
...decision to pursue tennis was not imposed on Vigna, even though her father is a high school tennis coach. She had a chance to choose her own direction...
...Vigna started to get serious about playing tennis when she was 12. A year later, she beat her older brother...
When it came time to go to college, Vigna was faced with a difficult decision: which college to attend. She recognized the academic reputation of Harvard--"You have to come to Harvard once you get in," she says--but she credits former tennis coach Don Usher with helping her decide to pack her bags for Cambridge...
...huge step coming out here," says Vigna. "I've never been out East, and just knowing that this man was going to take care of me was just a huge factor, because Berkeley was looking pretty good for a while...