Belgian Yanina Wickmayer didn’t pick up a tennis racket until she turned 9. That year her mother died of cancer, and Yanina’s father introduced her to the sport as a distraction from her grief. After he arranged a visit to the Saddlebrook Tennis Academy in Florida, she fell wholeheartedly for the sport — and was perhaps inspired by the school’s more seasoned students, including Martina Hingis and Jennifer Capriati. Now 21 years old, she reached the semifinals of the 2009 U.S. Open and has become an anchor of Belgium’s Fed Cup team. Outside of tennis, she enjoys rap music and eating french fries.