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Coach Rick Macci says Serena Williams’ enormous potential was evident from Day 1 but also reveals it took Serena longer to mature than Venus Williams. After being contacted by Richard Williams, Macci agreed to coach the Williams sisters in their childhood.
From Day 1, Macci realized that he was given a chance to work with very special talents. Venus, who is 15 months older than Serena, seemingly never questioned coach Macci’s instructions but Serena did at times. “When she was 11, people would look at me like ‘What’s that mean?’ and I said ‘That just means championship quality at the highest level on top of everything.’
I could see this at a young age but mentally as a kid, she wasn’t like Venus. It took longer [than Venus] for her to mature. I’d say ‘Run!’. , she’d go ‘Why?’ Sometimes it would be those conversations.
I liked how she was wired so that’s the wildcard,” Macci said on the Match Point Canada podcast.
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