2009年03月06日
Williams姉妹（Indian Wellsオープン09）
３月４日。Williams姉妹が大会不参加。
言い訳：
●“I don’t feel I’m wanted there, and most of all I don’t want to be there, I prefer not to go. It’s as simple as that. I don’t like the way I was treated.”（Venus）
●“I honestly don’t think they would want me to go, I wouldn’t have anything positive to say. It would be kind of shooting themselves in the foot. Some things you have to stand up for. There’s been a lot of people in the past that are my race that have stood up for a lot more than not playing Indian Wells. That’s the least I can do.”（Serena）
●“I won’t be able to say anything positive about Indian Wells, if they really want me to promote it, then honestly, I don’t know what to say.”（Serena）
▼2001年同大会の対Serena戦・準決勝開始直前になってVenusが棄権したあと観客から人種差別的罵声を浴びた一件。未だに解決してなかったんですね▼Shahar Peer問題の次はWilliams姉妹対Indian Wells問題▼WTA大変。
言い訳：
●“I don’t feel I’m wanted there, and most of all I don’t want to be there, I prefer not to go. It’s as simple as that. I don’t like the way I was treated.”（Venus）
●“I honestly don’t think they would want me to go, I wouldn’t have anything positive to say. It would be kind of shooting themselves in the foot. Some things you have to stand up for. There’s been a lot of people in the past that are my race that have stood up for a lot more than not playing Indian Wells. That’s the least I can do.”（Serena）
●“I won’t be able to say anything positive about Indian Wells, if they really want me to promote it, then honestly, I don’t know what to say.”（Serena）
▼2001年同大会の対Serena戦・準決勝開始直前になってVenusが棄権したあと観客から人種差別的罵声を浴びた一件。未だに解決してなかったんですね▼Shahar Peer問題の次はWilliams姉妹対Indian Wells問題▼WTA大変。