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Luis. on X: "📆 On this day in 1999 17-year-old Serena Williams defeated 21-time Grand Slam champion Steffi Graf 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to win the Indian Wells title for the first time.
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This is the biggest tournament I've won, I can win the big ones now" - When a 17-year-old Serena Williams defeated Steffi Graf to win Indian Wells
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