Manhattan Beach Open - Blocked

Today was all about the pros we know from the various SOB trips I have been privileged to photograph. It turned out that of the 64 men's and women's (32 of each gender) who made it into the main draw, I knew players on 12 different teams. It made for a busy day trying to capture images of each one in action. I shot a lot of blocking photos over the course of the day, but this was the only one that had the ball in the hands of the blocker (in this case, Jake Gibb).