Serena and Venus Williams will be in the draw at BNP Paribas Open for the first time since 2001. For the first time in 15 years, Venus will step on the stadium’s court to play Karumi Nara from Japan while her sister Serena will play against Laura Siegemund from Germany.

The emotional return of Serena to last year’s Indian Well was one of her major highlights of her stand-out season. Shewas moved to tears by the crowd’s length standing ovation as she took the court for her opening match under the lights.

Venus decided not to join her sister last year but offered support from a distance. She watched anxiously as her sister played from home and her sister’s reception at Indian Wells softened her attitude in returning to the desert. It is at that point that she realized what it meant to be a big sister. It meant doing things first and paving way for Serena, something she is proud of and Serena paved the way for her, she said.

Serena told the reporters during the pre-tournament press conference that they are very excited to be at Indian Wells and she is also excited for her sister and she hopes that Venus may have the same experience she had last year as it is the only reason why she was able to come back.

“It is really amazing to be here because this somehow where everything begun for us. As I have mentioned earlier, that was such a big event for us in our careers. I remember as if it were yesterday when we both played here for the qualifiers back in 1997-1998. It has just been a place that has meant a lot to us for a long time and we just had that one memory that we wanted to get rid of.”

When it comes to tennis the no. 18 Virginia women’s team never fails to surprise tennis fans. Just this past weekend, when they played against Louisville and Norfolk state, they registered two impressive wins. They downed the Cardinals by a whooping score of 6-1 and another remarkable 7-0 against the Spartans.

The only game that went against Virginia’s luck was when Victoria Olivarez, a junior, was defeated 1-6 against AbbiePahz of Cardinal. Virginia’s match against Norfolk State was another to carry weight on. It devastated Virginia.

Another team of women that played notably was the Cavaliers, being their first outdoor match of this season. They quickly captured the doubles point and couldn’t resist the winning the single matches. Cavaliers’ most bejeweled star players, Julia Elbaba and Danielle Collins, both seniors, won 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-1 respectively in their games against Louisville.

Cavalier on the other hand had the best match of the day winning a 7-0 against Virginia. They also challenged Norfolk State massively in 84 games when they only dropped a mere 9. Winning these two games will definitely motivate the Cavaliers in their upcoming game against on Friday against no. 6 North Carolina. After they started the season on a low note, they will be expected to win this upcoming game to show that they are in the right direction to secure a top place on the tennis board.

Another huge win comes to UCLA women’s tennis team as Bruins win a 4-1 score against Bears. Tennis has never been more interesting before like this season.

On yet another single game Miller continued to impress in sets of 6-3, 6-4 against KiahGenerette. According to Sampras Webster, Miller has continued to build her confidence as she is sure of her shots. Her choices are limited now that Mia Magill has been benched due to an injury.

21- year old Garbine Muguruza, survived a tight second set against Timea Babos to reach her first time ever quarterfinal at the Qatar Total Open. It would be correct to say that Muguruza played one of her best tennis to beat Timea Babos, who is the current ace leader in 2016 6-2, 7-5.

During her on-court interview, Muguruza said, “I think the game was very tough especially the second set where we were fighting really hard. Timea started playing better than before and by the end of the match, we were both tight. Nonetheless, I am happy to Win!”

As much as Babos is the ace leader, Muguruza stole the show on serve by hitting 10 aces of her own and 31 winners against 22 unforced errors. On the other hand, Babos maintained her stat on the sheet with 21 winners and 21 errors but missed out on a chance of forcing a second set tie break by the end of the match, putting Muguruza on the edge in Doha.

“ Timea has a very strong serve. Therefore I had to focus on my serve as well as hers in order to win.”

Muguruza has played in Doha for the second time in her tennis career. She will be playing Andrea Petkovic to secure a spot in the semifinals.Petkovic won against Coco Vandeghe 6-3 in the first set and 6-4 in the second set.

“ I think the city is great. Doha is absolutely amazing, and I’m really excited to be here and playing.” She said.

In the course of the day, Elena Vesnina endorsed her winover SimonaHalep with a 7-5, 5-7 and 6-3, putting her into her first premier-level quarterfinal

The last match of the day was between Roberta Vinci and Cagla Buyukakcay, the Turkish wildcard. Vinci maintained her focus in the game, beating Cagla 7-5, 6-1.

Forest Hills stadium has remained dormant for a number of years. In fact, it was just rotting away as it waits for the wrecking ball to get it out of its misery. Therefore, if the walls of forest Hill stadium could say something, the previous home for the US Open would have a lot of stories to tell as there have been so many great moments that happened at this stadium.

Forest Hill was built in 1923 and   a lot of great players have played there including Chris Evert, Rod Laver, Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King.

In addition to that, a lot of memorable concerts have taken place at the stadium such as Barbra Streisand, The Beatles and Frank Sinatra.

Immediately after the 1977 tournament, the US Open relocated to Flushing Meadow after leaving the West Side Tennis club. There were other tournaments that continued to happen at the West Side Tennis Club and it also continued to host concerts in the 1990s. However, the cost of maintain Forest Hill stadium became too costly. As such, the facility had to be closed for almost 20 years.

Forest Hill stadium stayed unused for many years until 2013 when immense renovations brought its life back. The reopening of the stadium in august 2013 followed with a Mumford &Sons concert. Just like in the past, the schedule of shows, events and additional renovations has continued. Now, tennis is returning to the stadium in fact, New York Empire will play its home matches at the stadium.

The tennis direct Bob Ingersole said at the West Side Tennis Club, “We are on a big upward swing for the last couple of years in bringing the concerts back and we are bringing the professional tennis back to the stadium.”

34-year-old Serena Williams is America’s professional tennis player with over30 titles in the both Grand slams and Olympic gold medals. Serena pulled out of this years’ Teninis Open to be held in Qatar because of flu.

Williams said, “ I have come down with flu and this does not make me feel 100 percent. I need to take this time off to recover but I look forward to going back to Doha and seeing my fans soon.”

At 34, Williams is still ranked number 1 by Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in women’s singles tennis. Her passion and ability in making shots among other players makes her the greatest female tennis player in history, a status she boosted with a trio of major titles in 2015.

The only thing that seems to slow her down are injuries. However, all the trainings and matches over the past two years have taken a combined toll. Therefore, if an ailment pops ups, for instance knee problems during any Open, then it becomes a major concern.

Serena is the youngest daughter of Richard and Oracene Williams. Together with her sister Venus, they have grown to becoming great sports champions. Therefore, at this stage of her career, the most important thing for her is to be healthy as close as 100% for top events even if it means participating in smaller tournaments. The main question as for now is how this flu could affect her availability for most majors.

Serena holds most of the titles in major doubles, singles and mixed doubles than other active tennis players. She has won 2 titles in mixed doubles, 13 titles in doubles and 19 in singles. Therefore, it is important that she get back to full strength so that she may continue being the gold standard of women’s tennis.