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Daily Bagel: Serena Williams gets a cake for her 700th career win

The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.

The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.

• It wasn't easy, but Serena Williams scored her 700th career win with a 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Sabine Lisicki to advance to the Miami Open semifinals. She'll play either No. 3 SimonaHalep or Sloane Stephens. That semifinal will be played on Thursday. 

• Lleyton Hewitt has taken a wildcard into the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. 

• Another piece on the lack of tennis analytics. With no financial incentive for tennis' governing bodies to change, it's up to fans to drive data collection for the sport. 

• Andrea Petkovic says the Miami chaos actually relaxes her. 

• Andy Murray blows a kiss to the haters after getting his 500th win on Tuesday:

• Some stats on how Murray got to No. 500.

• Carla Suarez Navarro shows off her touch in her win over Venus Williams on Tuesday night:

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• Sorry, Caroline. You don't fool us. Happy April Fool's Day, everyone;