Serena Williams back from injury

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Serena Williams back from injury. World number one Serena Williams wins her first match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Serena Williams chose Dubai to be her launchpad from injury, and that seems to be the right

00:12decision as Williams returned to tennis action with an emphatic 7-6, 6-0 win over Russia's

00:18Ekaterina Makarova in the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

00:23The American World No. 1 is playing in Dubai courtesy of a wild card after being sidelined

00:28with a back injury following her fourth-round loss to Anna Ivanovic at the Australian Open

00:33last month.

00:34Despite the convincing win, Williams wasn't impressed with her play.

00:53The top-seeded American nonetheless did not show any effects of the back injury that decommissioned

00:57her for a month.

01:01Although she has been one of the most successful players of her generation, Williams has never

01:06won a title in Dubai, but she doesn't seem to care anyway.

01:28Williams advances to the quarterfinals and will play the Serbian World No. 8 Jelena Jankovic.

01:34Jubanit Abada for Golf News.

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