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    17 Facts About 17-Year-Old U.S. Open Phenom Victoria Duval

    Not old enough to vote, but old enough to rock the tennis world.

    1. This is Victoria Duval.

    2. When she was young, she was into ballet. When she started playing tennis her mother said she had to pick between the two. Pretty obvious she made the right choice.

    3. (She's won $50,000 in prize money in her career already.)

    4. Tennis idol Billie Jean King has taken Duval under her wing.

    5. And already developed a trademark: sweet glasses.

    6. On a personal level, Duval enjoys SpongeBob SquarePants.

    7. She grew up in Haiti. At age 7, she was held at gunpoint in her aunt's home.

    8. Her family moved to Florida the following year, but her father frequently returned to Haiti to work as a doctor. In 2010, he was in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake hit and buried under rubble for 11 hours.

    9. At the age of 17, she had only played one Grand Slam match before this year.

    10. Duval only made it to the quarterfinals of the 2013 National Under 18 Championship, but rallied back to win three qualifying matches for this year's Open.

    11. As of August 26, 2013, she was ranked 296th in the world. But that's about to change.

    12. On Tuesday, she beat 2011 U.S. Open champion and 11th-seed Samantha Stosur in a huge first-round upset.

    13. Making a fan of Lil Wayne in the process.

    Lil Wayne WEEZY F

    @LilTunechi

    Nice win Victoria Duval! Keep it up

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    14. She credited her win to King's advice.

    15. So not only is she a rad, cool-to-the-max teenager, she's now officially a tennis player to keep an eye on.

    16. Perhaps best of all: Duval's father recovered and was at her match on Tuesday. He's the one in the white button-down.

    17. She plays again tonight against Daniela Hantuchova.

    CORRECTION: Victoria Duval's father is wearing a white button-down. An earlier version of this article misidentified him. (8/30/13)