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Bartoli sinks tearful Lisicki to win Wimbledon

Agencies | Updated: 2013-07-07 12:27

Bartoli sinks tearful Lisicki to win Wimbledon

Marion Bartoli of France holds her winners trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, after defeating Sabine Lisicki of Germany in their women's singles final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London on July 6, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]

LONDON -- One of the strangest Wimbledons ever produced one of its quirkiest champions - Marion Bartoli - winner of a hard-to-watch final that had the overwhelmed runner-up in near tears while the match was still going on.

Bartoli of France, whose power game bothered Sabine Lisicki as much as any of her notable eccentricities, won 6-1, 6-4 Saturday to capture her first Grand Slam title in her 47th appearance at a major.

"I dreamed about this moment for so long," Bartoli said during her on-court interview.

She addressed Lisicki, who was shaking and in tears.

"I was there in 2007 and I missed it," said Bartoli, the runner-up to Venus Williams that year. "I know how it feels, Sabine, and I'm sure you will be there one more time. I have no doubt about it."

Indeed, the 15th-seeded Bartoli played the part of the experienced veteran. After losing serve with a pair of double-faults in the first game, she ticked off 11 of the next 12.

The 23rd-seeded Lisicki was trailing 5-1, 15-40 in the second set, then came up with a rally from out of nowhere _ unexpected considering she was almost weeping on the court minutes earlier.

"I was just overwhelmed by the whole situation, but credit to Marion," Lisicki said. "She's been in this situation before and handled it well."

Lisicki saved three match points and pulled within 5-4.

But after a tense changeover, Bartoli served the game out at love, dropping to her knees after hitting an ace on match point, then climbing up the wall into the players box to celebrate with 2006 Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo _ the last Frenchwoman to win a Grand Slam title _ and her friends and family.

"Maybe a backhand winner but just not an ace," Bartoli said when asked how she imagined she might close out her first Wimbledon title. "I've been practicing my serve for so long. At least I saved it for the best moment."

This was Bartoli's first tournament title of any sort since 2011 and, at 28 years, 9 months, she became the fifth-oldest first-time Grand Slam winner in the Open era.

She's awkward _ with a jumping, twitching, fidgeting routine before each point, a service motion that includes no bouncing of the ball and a windup that begins with crossed wrists before she uncoils by arching her back, stretching her unbent arm behind her head, then tossing the ball. She hits two-handed groundstrokes from each side, pumps her fist after almost every point.

Whatever it is, it works. She punished those groundstrokes, had no problem with Lisicki's serve, and undercut the notion that only Serena Williams can play the power game in women's tennis.

It was Lisicki who knocked Williams out of this tournament in the fourth round, and had the big serve and big groundstrokes to keep going to her first career Grand Slam final.

Under the bright sunshine and the glare of Centre Court, however, she lost complete control of her serve, her game and her emotions.

After hitting her second serve into the bottom of the net while serving down 3-1 in the second set, Lisicki could be seen stifling back the tears as the pressure of her first Grand Slam final caught up with her. She did the same during the changeover, gesturing at her coaches before briefly draping a towel over her head.

Only then did she gather a bit of composure, staving off the three match points, then briefly making a match of it.

Despite the loss, she'll make about $1.2 million _ not bad for a player with career earnings of $2.8 million to this point.

Bartoli gets a $2.4 million winner's share and caps off a lifelong quest.

"Maybe all the candles I've burned have helped me," she said. "It's been my dream since I was 6 years old."

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