Winning the 1999 National title - the second youngest woman to do so - was the best moment so far in the career of the quietly spoken Surrey 19-year-old.
In the same year she reached the Australian Open junior semi-finals, the quarter finals of the Italian Open junior event, the third round at junior Wimbledon and the finals of the Canadian Open junior.
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