Williams sheds tears after seeing billboards

LOS ANGELES - Serena Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian is paying for four giant billboards to mark the star's return to tournament play in California next week.

Ohanian, borrowing a tactic at the center of Oscar-nominated movie Three Billboards, Outside Ebbing Missouri, delighted Williams after the giant signs appeared on the highway heading to the desert city of Indian Wells.

The first three billboards, which also feature images of the couple's baby daughter, spell out the message, "Greatest Momma Of All Time".