Venus Williams wrote a heartfelt essay about Indian Wells, being Serena's sister

Venus in Players Tribune.
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In 2015, Serena Williams notably returned to the Indian Wells, California, tournament she and older sister Venus had started boycotting after encountering racism from fans there 14 years earlier.

Venus didn't enter to play alongside her, but she will in 2016, the tennis star wrote in a touching Players' Tribune essay Wednesday that doubles as a beautiful ode to Serena:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.