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Serena Williams of USA Miami - Arab Today Serena Williams waited out a 45-minute rain interruption Saturday before defeating France's Caroline Garcia 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to advance at the ATP and WTA Miami Masters. The world number one's progress was temporarily halted in the fifth game of the final set when a passing shower stopped play. But after the pause, top seed Williams emerged with her third career victory against her 74th-ranked rival to reach the fourth round at the hardcourt event. Williams, 32, bidding for a record seventh title at her home tournament, now stands 63-7 at the venue. "Granted she played great, but I made so many errors, I hit so short," said Williams. "It really isn't the same player. I just have to do better. "It's important to stay positive. Obviously I wasn't at my best. I had 40-something errors. "It's not the way to play professional tennis. On the professional tour you have to do a little better than that, so hopefully I can, in the next few matches, do better." Reigning Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka downed Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the men's third round. The third-seeded Swiss raced through an 18-minute opening set, winning the first seven games before eventualy losing the second set. Wawrinka recovered on cue in the third with an opening break to advance in just under 90 minutes and then admitted he is still adjusting to his new status as a Grand Slam winner. "I still have some ups and downs mentally. I was negative in the second set a little bit stupidly, but then I'm really happy with the way I started the third set," Wawrinka said. "It was important to come back strong, to move well again, to play aggressive, to push him, and to get the break early (in the third set). "I'm happy to win. That's the most important. It was the first one here. It's never easy. Conditions were really slow, really humid. You need to get through. That's it -- just win the matches." Wawrinka fired eight aces and broke four times. He owns owns three wins without a loss against Gimeno-Traver after defeating the number 99 twice in 2013, both times on clay. The Swiss, playing only his fourth ATP match since beating Rafael Nadal to capture his first major in Melbourne, improved to 14-1 on the season. Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych began his Miami campaign with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 win over Frenchman Stephane Robert while Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France beat Croatia's 25th seed, Marin Cilic 6-2, 7-6 (7/5). Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez defeated Gael Monfils, the 23rd seed, 6-2, 7-5, with the Frenchman treated for right elbow problems on court. German Tommy Haas, a 2013 semi-finalist, was forced out before his first match with a recurring shoulder injury.     In women's play, 14th-seeded Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki was unable to play due to influenza, handing a walkover to Belgian Kirsten Flipkens. German fifth seed Angelique Kerber beat Tsvetana Pironkova 6-0, 6-2, eighth seed Petra Kvitova stopped Croatian Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-4 and Ekaterina Makarova upset Italian ninth seed Sara Errani 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Source: AFP

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