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Mentally tough Paszek understands the virtue of patience

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

How unusual a player is Tamira Paszek? Let us enumerate the ways. At 17 years, 4 months old, the Austrian No. 46 is still the youngest player in the top 100, known for exceptionally mature patience, tenacity and a whiplash backhand. "In Austria many people called me a wonder child, and I said, 'No, I am definitely not because I was not born like that,'" she says, sitting with perfect posture and a warm, relaxed air befitting a much older athlete during an interview at the Sony E ...

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