Serena clinches 700th career win
She defeated her opponent 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3.
"Today wasn't my best day," Williams was quoted as saying by wtatennis.com.
She said: "I wasn't serving the way I normally serve or hitting the way I normally hit, so all I could do was just fight and try to give 200% instead of 100%."
"At the start of the third set it was definitely a little bit of a natural reaction. Obviously I don't want to lose, or at least I want to try to do the best I can. She had a lot of momentum going into the third set after winning the second set, so I just wanted to stay strong, and basically hold my serve," she said.
Seven players have reached the milestone apart from Serena so far.
Image: Wikimedia Commons
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