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After establishing herself as one of the world’s top juniors over the past two years, Monica Puig began making strides on the professional level in 2011. She won her first-ever USTA Pro Circuit event in Surprise, Ariz., at the beginning of the year and approached the top 200 in November after reaching the final at the $25,000 event in Bayamon, P.R., and quarterfinals at the $75,000 event in Phoenix and the $50,000 event in Kansas City, Mo.