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Her Mom's death? Her Dad giving up his job and moving for her tennis?

she talked about it in her press conference
Q. Where did you learn to speak so well English?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Well, I lived in Tampa for three years, so it's been a long time. I guess it always stays with me.

Q. In Tampa with a trainer?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Saddlebrook.

Q. Why did you go there? Capriati?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Well, uhm, I went there when I was nine. I lost my mom when I was nine. I wanted to get away from home. I loved playing tennis.
I was actually only playing for half a year. So I really enjoyed it, but just wanted to get away from home and do other stuff, be around other people. That's why we left.

Q. That was a mature decision. Was it your decision?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Yeah, it was completely mine. I still don't know how I did it when I was nine. I guess I was older than I thought I was.

Q. What was the reaction of your father?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Well, I have to admire him for giving up everything he had. He gave up his job. He gave up his friends. Yeah, he gave up the house, his cars, and we just left.
Yeah, he put his whole life, yeah, in point of me, so I respect him for that. Everything I have now is a little bit because of him just because, yeah, he trusted me. He wanted to make me happy no matter what.
I guess he always believed in me. He always supported me. Even when I had some few tough years, I didn't get through well, but he always been there next to me and supported me.
Yeah, he's a great guy.

Q. What did he do in Belgium?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Well, he did buildings. He was actually he had his own company. He told his guys all, yeah, he was gonna quit. So he gave up everything for me, so I guess a great guy.

Q. You said he was a builder?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Yeah, he made buildings.

Q. Construction?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Yeah, constructions and stuff like that. Yeah, all kinds.

Q. It was a big bet, you being nine years old, to expect you could become a tennis champion and leave everything.
YANINA WICKMAYER: Actually, he didn't leave everything because he expected me to be a champion. Actually he just left everything to make me happy. I guess that's a whole lot of difference.
When I was nine, I wasn't even I loved playing tennis, but I never thought I was going to be a professional and do this every day. I still went to school when I was nine. I was just a little girl enjoying playing.
I guess every year I kept on playing. I loved it a little more and I got a little better. That's how the story goes.
But he gave up everything just to make his little girl happy, not to make her a tennis champion.

Q. How did your mother die?
YANINA WICKMAYER: Cancer http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/int...362265796.html