as an eighteen year old hundred couldn't solve seemed to have the world as feet he just won the wimbledon juniors title and immediately turned pro there were hopes for he might become the next minute saffin or you can a feeling of how other things didn't run as smoothly as sunday would have liked actually one part of my career i thought that is going to be very easy because i was like one one hundred sixty and everything was going quite easy and i thought like maybe it will be the same bath after that i dropped a little bit and i realized that there was no it's always a fight so actually it's pretty hard especially this last the last step to top gun with from from top two hundred or one hundred pounds very very little. under he who is originally from tula is most comfortable playing on clay and grass and idolised hundred gassy and running figure when growing up because it's off knows he has to improve if he's going to achieve his aim of breaking the world's top fifty let alone emulate his heroes well i can say that satisfied with that with the way the one shot in my game completely satisf

baker came back from a six-year injury layoff last summer and made it to the fourth round at wimbledon the australian open earlier today when bad fortune struck again. >> reporter: leading in his second round match at the australian open, baker was trying to make his first mark in the first tennis major of 2013. on a routine backhand he pulled up lame and had to be taken away in a wheelchair. his opponent could hardly believe it. >> he's the last guy i want that to happen to. >>> the last guy because baker's career was just getting back on track against extraordinary odds. a decade ago he was the number two ranked junior tennis player in the world. in 2005 he beat a young novak djokovic followed by a stunning upset of the world's ninth ranked player at the u.s. open. in august, however, he told us how that match almost became his last. >> i knew something was going on and it was the start of the downward spiral. >> reporter: baker needed hip surgery followed by a never ending list of medical issues. five major surgeries. two more on the hip, an elbow reconstruction. he was sidelined fo

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." >> reporter: sloane's big breakthrough came last year in the french open and wimbledon, and on themed her one of its up and coming "style stars." and yesterday, it was her style on the tennis court that drove serena williams to frustration. now having conquered her one time idol, sloane now has somewhat of a new perspective. >> this is so crazy, but -- oh, my goodness. i think i'll put a poster of myself now. >> reporter: ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> and so a star is born. by the way, after the big victory, none other than shaquille o'neal congratulated her on twitter, saying, "when you defeat a legend, you become a legend. keep it going." thank you so much for watching. we're always working for you at abcnews.com. "nightline" later at its new time, 12:35 a.m. eastern. and i'll see you again tomorrow. good night. >>> tonight wall street's reaction to the news from apple. one of silicon valleys profitible companies falls victim. >> oakland's decision to hire a crime fighter. you'll hear from the man himself, bill brat on. -- bratton. >> and a new venue tonight for all that

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. >>> last time i saw you play for real was at wimbledon about three years ago, and you were playing,, a quarterfinal game against a tiny eastern european waif. it was the single most brutal thing i have ever seen on any sports arena ever. >> now you're making me feel bad. >> you didn't feel bad at the time. i was inwardly, like, i wanted to get on the court and rescue this poor girl. >> oh, no. >> it was a high form of brutality that was going on. you obliterated her. but what i was struck by was the longer it went on, just the more ruthless you became. the more in the zone, louder, the more physically empowering. it was the most impressive thing i've seen in sports in years. what do you feel when you're going through that kind of process, you're in the zone, and you're winning, what do you experience? >> well, when you're out there, you have to take the winners attitude, at least i do, and i can't go out there thinking i'm feeling sorry, because they are trying to win too. this is my job, to go out and do the best that i can at that moment in time. you never know what happens tomorr

. >> last time i saw you play for real was at wimbledon. it was about three years ago.ere playing a quarterfinal game against a tiny eastern european waif. it was the single most brutal thing i've ever seen on any sports arena ever. >> now you're making me feel bad. >> you didn't feel bad at the time. but inwardly, i wanted to get on the court and rescue this poor girl. >> oh, no. >> it was a high form of brutality that was going on. you just obliterated her. but what i was struck by was the longer it went on, just the more ruthless you became. the more in the zone, the louder, the more physically empowering. it was the most impressive thing i've seen in sport for years. what do you feel when you're going through that kind of process. >> yeah. a3 p>t' n aute,s ? crl pats.3 % i'm not going to sit here and let you or anybody else kick [ bleep ] out of me without defending myself. and you can take that to the [ bleep ] bank, charlie. if you want to show me the door, that's fine, too. >>> three big names. a scandal in tabloid headlines. each told me their sordid stories, on

. >> reporter: sloan's big breakthrough came last year at the french open, at wimbledon and on the pagesnames her one of its up and coming style stars. and it was her style on the tennis court that reduced serena williams to frustration. now having conquered her one-time idol, sloan has somewhat of a new perspective. >> this is just so crazy. but oh, my goodness. i think i'm going to put up a poster of myself now. >> reporter: ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> and just a few hours ago, sloan stevens played in the semifinal match. >> while stevens hung tough, she couldn't put il out in the end. she dropped the first set, but came back strong in the second. after a now very controversial ten-minute break during which she left the court saying she had medical issues, stevens was defeated. about that ten-minute break, she admitted her chest felt tight and she couldn't breathe and that's why she left the court. but this is controversial now, because -- >> ten minutes is a long time for an athlete. >> right. maybe that broke up some momentum. kind of like icing the other player a little bi