Serena Williams to return at Indian Wells tourney in March
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Serena Williams is returning to tournament play for the first time since the birth of her first child in September.
Williams was among the entries released Wednesday for the BNP Paribas Open, which runs March 5-18 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
It will be the two-time champion's first tournament in 14 months, since winning the 2017 Australian Open.
Williams reached the semifinals in 2015 and the finals in 2016 after returning to the California event that she had boycotted for years because of racial comments from the stands.
Top-ranked Simona Halep, defending champion Elena Vesnina, and former winners Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki are set to play.