Sabine Lisicki (top) and Marion Bartoli (bottom) showed tears of joy as they reached the Wimbledon final in very contrasting fashions. Bartoli was first on Centre Court, and needed only 63 minutes to destroy first time Grand Slam semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-2 to advance to her second Wimbledon final. Flipkens was never really in the match, as Bartoli's powerful double-fisted groundstrokes blew Flipkens off the court as I predicted. The second semifinal was a much, MUCH closer affair as Lisicki was two points from defeat, but came back to win it 6-4, 2-6, 9-7 in over two hours. After taking the first set, Lisicki's game fell apart as the errors piled up. Similar to her upset over Serena, she fell 0-3 down in the final set to the crafty, patient Radwanska. Lisicki found her range again, and served for the match at 5-4. But Radwanska showed her underrated fighting spirit to break back. The two women continued holding in dramatic games to 7-7, before Radwanska faltered with some easy unforced errors allowing Lisicki to again serve for the match at 8-7. Lisicki got to 40-0, and converted on her second match point, dropping to the ground in joy.
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