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Sabine Lisicki insists she can still achieve her dream of winning a Grand Slam title even if the bare statistics of her up
and down career threatened to conspire against her.
The 23-year-old German had won the hearts of Centre Court with her smiling, storming run to the Wimbledon final as she knocked out three Grand Slam champions -- Serena Williams, Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur.
But her world collapsed in spectacular style in Saturday's final against Marion Bartoli, her 6-1, 6-4 loss punctuated by floods of
tears and ugly errors before she broke down and sobbed at the trophy presentation.
With the likes of Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka both exiting Wimbledon in the first week, Lisicki confronted the bitter
realisation that her best ever chance at a major may have disappeared in an 81-minute rout.
In 2013, Lisicki fell in the first round of the Australian Open and the third round of the French Open.
