Wimbledon final 2013: Sabine Lisicki makes no blame
Sabine Lisicki was on the verge of a sensation in 2013 when she reached the final in Wimbledon - against Marion Bartoli she was the favorite. The match was lost, but the Berliner has no resentment.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jul 30, 2020, 12:47 pm
On their way to the final, Lisicki had won against Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska, among others, after sometimes dramatic match runs. Against Williams she was 6: 2, 1: 6 and 2: 4 behind, at 3: 4 again with 0:40. She won against Radwanska only 9: 7 in the third round.
In the final against the second surprise player Marion Bartoli, Lisicki was considered the clear favorite, but could never bring her previous form onto the field. Bartoli finally won 6: 1, 6: 4, even if Lisicki showed her fighting side again in the second set. However, tears came already during the game and afterwards at the award ceremony.
But the now 30-year-old no longer looks back sadly. "I really have nothing to reproach myself for because I ran out of strength," Lisicki told the tennis MAGAZINE . "I have already won against Radwanska in the semi-finals with my last strength. I had cramps in the first game in the third set. It went out 9: 7. I came down into the cabin and everyone shook me with enthusiasm. I couldn't even more happy because I was so done. "
She knew that she had given "every inch of energy" that was in her body. "If I had felt I could have given more, this defeat would have been unbearable for me."
Lisicki and the serve world record
Lisicki, currently only ranked 595 in the world after many injuries, is currently fighting for her comeback. At World Team Tennis she celebrated a respectable win against Venus Williams a few days ago.
And continues to hold the women's serve record that she is proud of. It served 210.8 km / h in 2014 in Stanford.
The goal of becoming the fastest server she had on courses when she was 14 or 15 years old. And in 2009 she was ready to make it to the B-final of the WTA tour. At that time, however, the measuring machine was not an official one. In 2014 in Stanford she heard a murmur after the impact - at 131 miles. But you thought that this again does not count. After the lost match, she was then ordered to a press conference - because of the record. At the subsequent US Open, employees from the Guinness Book of Records came. "I got a medal, a certificate. It was really cool and I didn't know that it was part of it," said Lisicki.