Williams delighted to be back

Serena Williams returned to tennis in the same fashion she left – as a champion.

Sun, 04 Apr, 2004 - 09:53

Serena Williams returned to tennis in the same fashion she left – as a champion.

After missing eight months with a knee injury, Williams captured her third straight NASDAQ-100 Open title, completing her comeback with a 6-1 6-1 thrashing of fifth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva in Miami.

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