Little Pancho the life of tennis legend Pancho Segura /

• Main Author: Seebohm, Caroline.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009.
• Subjects: Segura, Pancho.; Tennis players > Biography. > Ecuador; Tennis players > Biography. > United States; SPORTS & RECREATION > Tennis.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.; Electronic books.
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Born into a poor family in Ecuador, Pancho Segura was an undersized and undernourished kid working as a ball boy at an exclusive tennis club when he first picked up a racket. Little Pancho is the story of how this improbable athlete, with his bandy legs, infectious smile, and unorthodox two-handed s...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue: a match to remember
• Miracle in Ecuador
• The education of a tennis prodigy
• Hasta luego!
• Love on and off the court
• The professional circus act
• A new contender
• Big Pancho and Little Pancho
• Playing hard, playing tough
• Coach to the stars
• Happy days in Beverly Hills
• Jimbo rules!
• Lows and highs
• Staying loose at La Costa
• "Tennis is my life."