Serena Williams will make an emotional return to the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells next month after boycotting the last 13 tournaments.
The world number one has not featured at the event since winning it 2001, having being booed by the crowd as she walked onto the court.
Williams had previously stated she would never play at the hard-court competition again following her treatment ahead of that final, believed to be in relation to her walkover victory over sister Venus and false allegations that matches between the pair were fixed.
However, over a decade later, the 33-year-old will return in March as she looks for a third title at the tournament.
"The tournament in Indian Wells held a special place in my heart," she wrote in Time magazine.
"I won my first pro match there in 1997, alongside my sister in doubles. My first big tournament win also happened there, when I beat Steffi Graf in the '99 final.
"When I arrived at Indian Wells in 2001, I was looking to take another title. I was ready. But however ready I was, nothing could have prepared me for what happened in the final.
"As I walked out onto the court, the crowd immediately started jeering and booing. In my last match, the semi-finals, I was set to play my sister, but Venus had tendinitis and had to pull out.
"Apparently that angered many fans. Throughout my whole career, integrity has been everything to me. It is also everything and more to Venus. The false allegations that our matches were fixed hurt, cut and ripped into us deeply
"The undercurrent of racism was painful, confusing and unfair. In a game I loved with all my heart, at one of my most cherished tournaments, I suddenly felt unwelcome, alone and afraid.
"This haunted me for a long time. Thirteen years and a lifetime in tennis later, things feel different.
"It has been difficult for me to forget spending hours crying in the Indian Wells locker room after winning in 2001. Emotionally it seemed easier to stay away. There are some who say I should never go back. There are others who say I should've returned years ago. I understand both perspectives very well and wrestled with them for a long time. I'm just following my heart on this one.
"I play for the love of the game. And it is with that love in mind, and a new understanding of the true meaning of forgiveness, that I will proudly return to Indian Wells in 2015."