TENNIS icon Venus Williams will NOT play at Indian Wells this year - despite being announced as a wildcard.
Indian Wells tournament director Tommy Haas has now backtracked on the initial announcement, confirming that Williams is not due to play.
Last week, tournament directors announced that Williams would be returning to California for the event after being granted a pass into the main draw.
And I love Indian Wells, I would love to be there and if I could have accepted it, I would have been like, yes.
However, the former world No1 publicly rejected the offer on Sunday, claiming she had no idea that she had even been given a wildcard until it was publicly revealed.
