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The Grand Chelem champions, who came with Williams and Petra Kvitova, were one of the four generic participants announced Wednesday for the ATP tennis tournament and WTA Indian Wells next month. The stars of the adolescent ATP Joao Fonseca and the learner Tien, who will make their main debut on the site, were also appointed to the event, scheduled from March 5 to 16. Williams is a Grand Chelem champion seven times and former world number one who will make her 10th career appearance at Indian Wells. The 44 -year -old American did not play in a WTA event since last March in Miami.
The double Wimbledon champion, Kvitova, returns after the birth of his first child. The 34 -year -old Czech left -hander gave birth to his PETR last July and made a 13th trip to the California desert after a 15 -month maternity unit.
Fonseca, 18, won his first ATP title at the Argentina Open last week, becoming the youngest Brazilian to win an ATP title in the open era.
Tien, an American 19 -year -old, reached the fourth round of the Australian Open last month, becoming the youngest player to reach the second week in Melbourne from the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in 2005.
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