the day following andy murray 's 500th win another huge cake was wheeled out to mark williams reaching the semi-final with a 7-6 , 1-6 , 6-3 progression over germany 's sabine lisicki .
williams 's hopes of another meeting with sister venus were dashed by her elder sibling 's defeat to spain 's carla suarez navarro , but the world no 1 was intent on staying alive in what is the nearest thing she has to a hometown event that