Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) "He whakamātautau tēnei mō Serena Williams. Ka kitea e mātau he aha te mea i hangaia ai ia. He tino pakeke tōna hinengaro". Ko ngā kupu ēnei a te kaitohutohu tēnehi a Mary Joe Fernandez i te tau 2001, i te tīmatanga o te whakatau a Serena Williams ki a Kim Clijsters i te whiringa toa o tētahi o ngā whakataetae tēnehi tino rongonui. I whakaatahia te tukinga i runga i tētahi o ngā whatunga hākinakina nui rawa o te ao, ko ESPN. I mau tonu a Clijsters 17-tau-tawhito ki te aroha i waenga i nga hamama nui me te - i roto i te takahi i te tikanga o te teneti - he waahanga nui o nga kaiwhaiwhai i te marae pokapū i te huihuinga e mohiotia ana inaianei ko te BNP Paribas Open i whakamanamana i te wa i pa ai a Williams ki te hapa takirua ki te tiimata i te keemu e whai ake nei. Ahakoa i tipu ake a Williams i te 130 maero i tawhiti i te taone nui o Los Angeles, i te mea ko Clijsters i ahu mai i Belgium, kaore he painga o te marae kaainga. Ko te papa o Williams, ko Richard, me te tuahine pakeke, ko Venus, i whiua i a ratau e haere ana ki o raatau nohoanga i mua o te mutunga, me Richard e kii ana i USA Today ko ia te patunga o te tukino i te iwi. Ko Venus Williams, i taua wā, i mea i roto i tētahi huihuinga pānuitanga i tana whakataetae e whai ake nei, i rongo ia i ngā mea katoa i rongo ai ia. Ko Richard Williams tērā i whakatupu i ana tamahine hei toa nui mai i tētahi takiwā iti, kāore i whai moni hei āwhina i te hanga i ngā toa maha. "Kua mea tetahi tangata, 'Kia pai ki te tau '75, ka tapahia e matou to kiri,'" ka mea a Richard Williams ki a USA Today. "He uaua ki ahau te pupuri i oku roimata. Ki taku whakaaro ko Indian Wells te mea i whakaiti i a Amerika". I kii a Charlie Pasarell, te kaiwhakahaere o te whakataetae, i roto i taua korero ano kaore ia i whakaheke i a Richard Williams i tukinotia i te iwi. Kaore a CNN.com i rongo mai i a Pasarell i tana tono uiui mo ia a ka paopao a Clijsters i te tono uiui. Ko te urupare a ngā kaiwhaiwhai i ahu mai i te haurua whakamutunga o ngā tuahine, i te kore rānei. I wehe atu a Venus Williams i ngā meneti noa iho i mua i te tīmatanga, nā te whara i te turi. I tipu ake ngā kōrero e pā ana ki a Richard Williams e whakarite ana i te mutunga, kāore he ruarua i tautokona e ngā kōrero a Elena Dementieva. I muri i a Venus...
Ka hoki a Serena Williams ki Indian Wells hei te Paraire. Kāore ia i tākaro i te whakataetae mai i te tau 2001. I kii tana papa i whakawhiua ia i te whakataetae i te tau 2001. Kāore anō a Venus Williams kia hoki mai ki te whakataetae o California.