article_snippet: On Friday, Serena Williams' was back.
article_snippet: And instead of jeers, there were cheers.
article_snippet: And tears, shed by Serena Williams' during the crowd's loud, boisterous, more than minute-long ovation.
article_snippet: I knew that I really wanted to do it,Serena Williams' Serena Williams' said afterward of Serena Williams' return to Indian Wells.
article_snippet: And I feel like that's when I felt it was the right thing," Serena Williams' said of Serena Williams' welcome. "...
article_snippet: Receiving the love from the crowd here, it really meant a lot to Serena Williams'.
article_snippet: Amid whispers Serena Williams''d predetermined the outcome, Serena Williams told USA Today that Serena Williams "had trouble holding back tears" given the treatment Serena Williams got in the stands.
article_snippet: According to Serena Williams, one man said, "I wish it was '75, we'd skin you alive.
article_snippet: (I drove) back to Los Angeles feeling as if I had lost the biggest game ever -- not a mere tennis game but a bigger fight for equality," Serena Williams wrote in TIME magazine in February.
article_snippet: Serena speaks about nerves before 1st match back at Indian Wells .
article_snippet: While Serena's been on Serena sport's biggest stage for well over a decade, the world's No. 1-ranked played admitted being nervous in the weeks, days and hours leading to Serena opening match.
article_snippet: Those feelings broke out in the open as Serena walked onto the court, a response Serena called "overwhelming" and said Serena "wasn't really prepared for.
article_snippet: "Today was a wonderful day for Serena Williams, for women's tennis, ... for tennis in general, and for everyone.
highlights_snippet: Serena Williams' father returned to the event Friday night, being met with raucous cheers -- not jeers .