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Serena Williams earns 700th win to reach semis at Miami Open

Xinhua, April 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seven-time champion Serena Williams overcame some hard moments to beat Sabine Lisicki of Germany 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3 on Wednesday for her 700th career victory at the Miami Open.

The win also earned her a semifinal spot at the prestigious tournament, where she's the two-time defending champion.

The No. 1-seeded American withdrew before the Indian Wells semifinal earlier this month with a right knee injury, but she has won 19 consecutive matches this year.

"I know today wasn't my best day," she said. "I just told myself, I'm not serving the way I normally serve and hitting the way I normally would hit, so at this point all I can do is just fight and try to give 200 percent instead of 100 percent."

Williams' opponent Thursday will be third seed Simona Halep of Romania.

Elsewhere, two-time champion Andy Murray of Britain advanced to the men's semifinals by rallying past unseeded Dominic Thiem of Austria 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. The Scot also had something to memorize at Miami as he claimed the 500th win in the last 16 round on Tuesday.

Murray, a two-time tournament winner, became the ninth active ATP player to crack 500. Endi