Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakaaro a Venus Williams ka whai pea ia i tana tuahine a Serena, ka mutu tana whakakorenga 14-tau o te whakataetae rongonui o Indian Wells i te tau e whai ake nei. Ko te Amerikana 34-tau te pakeke i whakaatu i tana tohu tino marama ka hoki mai ia i mua i te mutunga o tana mahi whai muri i te wikitoria 6-3 7-6 i runga i a Caroline Wozniacki i kawe ia ki nga hauwhā whakamutunga. Kaore a Venus i purei i te huihuinga WTA rongonui o Maehe i te koraha o California mai i te tau 2001 i te wa, i te mea kua tuhia pai, i mutu tana wehenga mai i te whakataetae haurua whakamutunga ki tana tuahine me te whara o te turi. I muri mai ka whiwhi a Serena i te whakawhiwhinga kino i a ia e takaro ana i te whakamutunga. Kua kī a Venus Williams ka hoki ia ki Indian Wells Doe mō te wā tuatahi mai i te tau 2001. I eke te tuakana o Williams ki te hauwhā o te whiringa toa o Miami Open i te Mane. Ka ringihia e Williams te ringa i muri i tana whiunga i a Carloine Wozniacki i roto i ngā huinga tika i te kaupapa i Key Biscayne. Kāore i taea e te hoa rangatira o mua o Rory McIlroy te whakataetae ki te kēmu a Williams, e heke ana 6-3 7-6. I mutu te whakaekenga a te teina ki te whānau i tēnei tau, ā, ināianei, me te āhua nei ka hoki mai anō pea rāua i te tau 2016. I pātai atu ki a ia he aha tana whakaaro mō te pōwhiri māfana a Serena i Indian Wells i te tīmatanga o tēnei marama, ka whakahoki a Venus: 'He mea whakamiharo te kite. I tino mātakitaki ahau i ia wā, ā, he tino pai ki te kite i a ia me taku whānau i reira. Ko te tau e whai ake nei he tau nui mō tātau hei tau o te hākinakina. Kāore au i te tino mōhio he aha taku hōtaka, engari he mea whakamiharo ki te kite i tōna manako.' Ko te tikanga rānei kua ngohengohe tana tū? Ae ra, tino tika. He maha aku rongo e pā ana ki te nui o te whakapai ake o te whakataetae i te nuinga o te wā i runga i te whakaaro o nga kaiwhaiwhai me nga kaitākaro. 'Na ka waiho te reira te tahi mea ki te kite hoki ahau.' Kei te whakamarie a Serena e tōna whānau i muri i tana whakahianga e te mano i tana wikitoria i Indian Wells i te tau 2001. I hoki mai te toa toa o te ao ki te whakataetae i tēnei tau i tae atu ai ia ki te haurua whakamutunga. Ka tākaro a Williams i tētahi whiu i runga i te oma i tana wikitoria i te rauna tuawhā ki a Svetlana Kuznetsova i Miami. I kii a Venus ko ia...
Kua tohu a Venus Williams ka hoki ia ki Indian Wells a te tau e whai ake nei. I mawehe atu a Venus i te whakataetae i te tau 2001 i mua i te taenga mai o tana tuahine a Serena ki te whiringa toa. I hoki mai a Serena ki te BNP Paribas Open mō te wā tuatahi i tēnei tau. I hinga a Venus i a Caroline Wozniacki kia eke ki te hauwhā o ngā whiringa toa o te Miami Open.