LONDON -- Victoria Duval, an 18-year-old American tennis player, has been diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma but expects to make a full recovery within months after undergoing treatment for the cancer. Duval, who lost in the second round at Wimbledon last week, was diagnosed after a biopsy was taken in England before Wimbledon and further tests in the United States confirmed the results, her management team said Friday. "It is with a heavy heart that I will have to step away from tennis competition for a short period after being diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma," Duval said in the statement. The statement said Hodgkins, the most common form of cancer in adolescents, "was caught in a very early stage." "(She) will undergo treatment right away and due to her overall good health and isolation of the cancer, the prognosis is a full recovery in a few months," the statement said. Treatment for Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells, has a high rate of success among young people. Its the latest challenge for Duval and her family: as a child, she was kidnapped in her parents home country of Haiti. And her father was trapped for days in the rubble of his house there after a devastating 2010 earthquake. Duval reached the second round of the U.S. Open last year, beating 2011 champion Sam Stosur in the first round. As a qualifier in the main draw last week at Wimbledon, she lost in the second round to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland. Duval said she received the news after the first round of qualifying at Wimbledon, but decided to continue playing. She beat 29th-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in the first round. "Being on court provided me with much comfort," she said. "I have complete faith that God will assist me and my family with all that we need, to achieve victory and become stronger from this journey. I picture myself healthy, stronger and competing again soon." Billie Jean King said in a tweet that Duval "is a fighter and she will approach this new challenge with a plan and a conviction to win. Thoughts go out to her & family." The Philadelphia Freedoms confirmed Duval would miss the World Team Tennis season beginning in July. Players plan to support Duval by wearing a special patch with her initials. Based in Bradenton, Florida, Duval was born in in the U.S. but grew up Haiti. She has said that when she was 7, she and some cousins were taken hostage there by robbers. "Its not a good memory, so Ive tried to forget as much as I could about it," Duval said at last years U.S. Open when the subject was raised after her win over Stosur. "I dont remember too much of it anymore, which is great." In 2010, when Haiti was rocked by an earthquake, her father was badly injured in the rubble. "Theres a lot to be thankful for. I dont take anything for granted. ... 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DZ: Is there anything you dont get to do that teenagers your age do get to do that you wish you could? CMD: No, not a whole lot actually. I get to do basically everything the same, I guess the one thing Id say is the social media aspect is a little bit different. My friends can kind of tweet whatever they want and obviously I dont have that luxury. But I wouldnt want it any other way. DZ: Speaking of Twitter, do you ever read the tweets people send you? Whats the strangest one youve received and whats the strangest one youve responded to?</br></br> CMD: I dont do a whole lot of responding to tweets, I just think its better that way and I try not to read much of the stuff about me. But I have noticed a couple of the odd ones. Couple of weird ones would be people who have made pictures of me in different jerseys. Ive seen myself in a Florida jersey, Ive seen a Flyers jersey, a Sabres jersey, so I always thought that those were pretty odd. Some fans were spotted in Oilers Connor McDavid jerseys at Flames vs. Sharks game last night. http://t.co/4xAZC49ywQ pic.twitter.com/0hOgLS7qIi — BarDown (@BarDown) November 27, 2014 DZ: What do you think when you see that people have actually made these jerseys in real life before youve even been picked? CMD: I think thats just crazy. The way it works now theres no real sign where youre going to go. Even if a team does get the first overall pick, it might not be me, you know? Theres a whole lot of talent out there, you never know where youre going to end up. So for people to go out and buy jerseys and all that kind of stuff, its very flattering obviously, but its a little bit crazy (laughs). DZ: When you accidentally like someones picture on Instagram, are you someone who would “unlike” or do you just own it and say "meh whatever"? CMD: Nah, unlike it as fast as you can. Thats always pretty awkward when youre on a good creep and you get one of those "52 weeks ago." 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