Marion Bartoli steamrolls overwhelmed Sabine Lisicki for Wimbledon title!

The proceedings started normally, with Sabine Lisicki smiling walking on court. Warm-ups past uneventfully. When Lisicki broke Marion Bartoli in the very first game off of two Bartoli doubles faults, you never would have expected the rest. Lisicki was completely overwhelmed by the unorthodox Frenchwoman, falling behind 6-1, 5-1 15-40 on Lisicki's serve. At one point in the second set, Lisicki was overcome by tears as she was unable to play her game to her frantic nerves, which she admitted in a post-match interview. But then Lisicki mounted an unprecedented comeback saving three match points and holding serve twice (a first for Lisicki in this match) to get back to 6-1, 5-4 on Bartoli's serve. But then Bartoli clicked, and fired 4 winners to hold at love. She finished with an ace and fell to the ground in disbelief. Bartoli broke the record for most Grand Slams participated before winning one as this was her 47th try (Jana Novotna held the previous record at 45). Bartoli also did not drop a set the entire tournament, joining the likes of Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams who did that at Wimbledon.