• Williams stayed away after being booed by the crowd in 2001
• Maria Sharapova,Serena Williams and Petra Kvitova also playingVenus Williams will stop her 15-year boycott of Indian Wells in March. Williams has not played the BNP Paribas Open WTA event since 2001 after claims of racism against her and members of her family.
The five-times Wimbledon champion, her sister Serena and her father Richard were booed by members of the Indian Wells crowd in 2001 and Williams thereafter chose to omit the California tournament from her schedule.
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Source: theguardian.com