NEW YORK — Vicky Duval suspects tennis' locker rooms were a bit too quiet without her.
"Everyone I see, I'm like, 'Hiiii!'" the American teen said of her return to the U.S. Open, bursting into giggles.
"I think they miss my loudness," she added. "I'm probably the goofiest one in there. I keep everything light."
Duval was a beam of sunshine in Flushing Meadows two years ago, the darling of the tournament when she upset 2011 champion Sam Stosur in the first round at age 17. She was back Tuesday playing a qualifying match — still wearing that visor and rimmed glasses and gushing after a win with the same squeaky voice.