"Tamira Paszek is only 5-5 this season but there's little doubt that she is a star in the making."

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 Ericsson Open last month. "I had to make my way up. I keep on working and try to stay focused on my game and not what people are talking about."....more

(via sports.espn.go.com)

Mentally tough Paszek understands the virtue of patience