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Player, i was going to go out there and do good. >> reporter: do you feel ready for all the stardom that's sure to follow in the way you have so far? >> i know i'm ready for it, because if i wasn't ready, then maybe i should have stopped a little while back. >> reporter: serena played her first professional match at the age of just 14 and was a grand slam champion three years later. her first coach might have been unorthodox, but father richard had created a world-beater. >> i think my dad was a really innovative coach, even to the way we hit our strokes. it was something new coming into the t...