Serena Williams Announced Her Withdrawal From Indian Wells in March But Did Not Say Whether Her Back or Her Boycott Was the Reason

World's No. 1 player Serena Williams backed off from a commitment to play the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells for the first time since boycotting the event after the 2001 edition when she and her sister, Venus, were booed and they claimed they were the victims of racial epithets hurled at them.