Announcing to the world Miss Victoria Duval

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a 17 year old American just beat grand slam winner and indeed former US Open champ-Samantha Stosur- 5-7; 6-4; 6-4. Too sweet- her biggest tennis moment.
She sounds like a baby.

Billy Jean King helped her - too cool

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1. The Haitian earthquake was a critical part of her life

her father was dug out of the destruction

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2. Too Cool Congrats Ms. Duval.

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3. Showed a lot of promise as a Junior at Wimbledon two years ago

Out on Court 10, where the backhands stray and the back stories are so much better, Victoria Duval was slamming her way into the junior girls' quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory that left her the very last American player in any Wimbledon singles draw.

Duval, wearing funky sunglasses, had no coach, no support group monitoring her victory.

"We're working on that," she said. She is a strong-willed survivor from Bradenton, Fla., a 15-year-old girl who has been through more than anyone should endure, who still smiles and revels in the interview process. Born in Miami, she's been held hostage by robbers and her father was rescued near death from the earthquake rubble in Haiti, so a few break points are unlikely to rattle.

You start with the armed robbery at her aunt's house back in Port-au-Prince, when Victoria, 7, and her cousins were held for hours by gun-wielding thieves. Generally in Haiti, this is a death sentence for the occupants. In this instance, the children were freed. "It was pretty terrifying," Duval said.
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4. So very cool.

I like Sam Stosur, too, but such a sweet moment.

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5. She has guts

Came back after losing the first set when she had a chance to win that one.
It's her age and that eight year old voice that's so sweet. And her dad was there.