The doctor picked up her boots and set them down in front of her.
Henin, playing her first tournament since May 2008, fought back from a set and 4-1 down against her fellow Belgian before losing 6-3 4-6 7-6 (8-6) in almost two and a half hours.
It was a similar story in the second set as the power of Williams began to wear down her opponent and a break of serve in the opening game of the second set saw her firmly on the way to the last 32.
Two-time Indian Wells champion Daniela Hantuchova saved two match points at 5-6 down in the third set of her second round meeting with Yanina Wickmayer before she edged through 5-7 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
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Stevenson broke first for a 5-4 lead but immediately ceded her advantage and Martinez then broke again, securing the set with a forehand winner down the line.
After inching ahead with a break in the fifth game of the opener, she faced down two break points against her in the eight and tenth to see the set out.
Down to her last million dollars in client capital, she fired her marketers and set up her headquarters in an apartment in New York's Flatiron district.
However, Serena's serve improved gradually and having recovered from 3-1 down to take the second set tie-break, the world number one eventually overpowered her 20-year-old opponent.
She blew an easy overhead to lose the first game of her final set, then swept the last six games thanks to relentless baseline play that wore Cornet down.
It was 2010, and she had just married her husband, a sound technician she met while touring with Bon Jovi, when she decided to set down roots.
Williams, who next plays 26th seed Dominika Cibulkova after she came from a set down to beat Varvara Lepchenko, has never won the French Open and in 13 previous appearances, her best finish was a final place in 2002 when she lost to sister Serena.
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