Serena Williams: makes an emotional return after 14-year boycott of a tournament where she was abused by the crowd
Serena Williams won her first match at Indian Wells since 2001 on Friday, beating Monica Niculescu in straight sets to end her 14-year self-imposed exile from the California desert event.
World number one Williams earned the 7-5, 7-5 victory in two hours, three minutes in front of a crowd of about 14,000 on the Tennis Garden stadium court.
The 19-time Grand Slam winner walked onto the court to a roaring ovation from the crowd, a sharp contrast to her last Indian Wells appearance when …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
