Abstract
After a review of the diagram method for continuous-time random walks on graphs with cycles, the method is extended to discrete-time random walks. The basic theorems carry over formally from continuous time to discrete time. Three problems in tennis probabilities are used to illustrate random walks on discrete-time diagrams with cycles.
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