Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Kua riro i a Serena Williams ngā taitara tēnehi kotahi tekau mā iwa, tae atu ki te ono o ngā U.S. Open me te rima o Wimbledons. E whā ōna mētara koura o te Olympics. He maha nga tau, kua whai ingoa ia hei kaitakaro pai rawa atu o tana hākinakina. Heoi ahakoa ngā whakatutukitanga maha, e kī ana a Williams ko tētahi o ōna "wā nui rawa... me ōna wā tino whakapehapeha" i tae mai i te pō o te Paraire - i te rauna tuarua o tētahi whakataetae i Indian Wells, California. Ehara i te mea ko wai tana e tākaro ana, engari kei hea. Ko te Indian Wells Tennis Garden te wāhi i whiua ai a Williams i te wā o te whakamutunga o te tau 2001. Ko tana tuahine matua, ko Venus, i rite tonu te maimoatanga i roto i nga tuunga, a ko tana papa a Richard i kii ki a USA Today i whakawhiwhia ia ki te tukino i te iwi. I muri iho, ka oati a Serena Williams e kore ia e hoki ki muri. I noho pono ia ki taua kupu mo nga tau 14, he wa i kaha ai ia ki tana hākinakina. I te Paraire, kua hoki mai a Williams. A, i te mea ehara i te tawai, he hamama. Me ngā roimata, i ringihia e Williams i te wa o te mano nui, nui, neke atu i te meneti te roa o te whakamoemiti. "I mohio ahau e tino hiahia ana ahau ki te mahi i te reira", ka mea a Williams i muri i tana hokinga ki Indian Wells. Engari tae noa ki taua wā, kāore au i tino mōhio mēnā ko te mea tika kia meatia e au. "Kei te whakaaro ahau i taua wā i whakaaro ai au he mea tika", ko tana kōrero mō tōna pōwhiri. "... Ko te whiwhi i te aroha mai i te mano i konei, he mea nui ki ahau". Ko te BNP Paribas Open i Indian Wells, i te taha rawhiti o Palm Desert, California, ehara i te Grand Slam engari koinei tetahi o nga whakataetae nui rawa atu o te teneti. Koia, ka haere ngā kaitākaro rangatira ki reira ki te whawhai ki te hunga tino pai, ki te whakamatau i tō rātou kaha. Koinei te mea i kawea mai ai a Serena Williams ki Indian Wells i te tau 2001. I tae atu te 19-tau-tawhito ki te whiringa toa i muri i tana hoa whawhai i whakaritea mo te haurua whakamutunga - tuahine Venus - i tangohia mai i etahi meneti i mua o te whakataetae, e kii ana i te wharanga o te turi. I waenga i nga korero i whakaritea e ia te mutunga, i kii a Richard Williams ki a USA Today i "he raru ki te pupuri i nga roimata" na te maimoatanga i whiwhi ia i roto i nga tuunga. E ai ki a ia, i mea tetahi tangata, "Kia pai ki te tau '75, kia haehaea ora koe e mātou". (Charlie Pasarell, te kaiwhakahaere o te whakataetae i taua wā, i whakakahore i tetahi...
I kii te papa o Serena Williams i tukinotia ia i te iwi i Indian Wells i te tau 2001. I hoki mai ia ki te huihuinga i te po o te Paraire, ka tutaki ki nga hamama nui - kaore i te tawai.