Two years after its first appearance in a Grand Slam at Wimbledon wildcard Sabine Lisicki quarter seems to have got back their rhythm, as it is now in the semifinals at Wimbledon in doubt the best shape of his career. Lisicki The highest award in the draw this year is a surprise in the French Open champion Li Na in the second round. Lisicki finished with a game three 6-3, 4-6, 8-6 score to clarify their intentions regarding their game fine, but justified under this year. Currently ranked No. 62 in the world, Lisicki has two WTA titles in singles from Charleston and s-Hertogenbosch to his resume.
He defeated Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals and became the first German woman to reach the semifinals and the Grand Slam in 12 years. Well, twelve years ago, Steffi Graf was the last Grand Slam final here at Wimbledon.
When asked to stop here, Lisicki said: "It 'great German tennis, we have a lot of girls, not just for me. A sort of left to play Steffi. I started watching him a little' later. I've heard it all I saw him, and although some of his head. It 'amazing what he did. "
Lisicki is now 11-match grass-court winning streak, and this should be really worried about his opponent Maria Sharapova.
When the nine-month layoff, Sharapova returned to only deal with a series of disappointing losses finally ended with a triumph in Rome this year. Sharapova is also the semi-finals of Roland Garros, his best Grand Slam performance since winning the Australian Open 2008. Sharapova faced with some struggle in his second round match of Laura Robson, but it turns out the winner straight sets, then ousted czech Klara Zakopalova Shuai Peng and shot down two sets to reach the quarter-finals. After leaving the tournament, the Williams sisters, who has become a favorite strong to lift the trophy with a straight sets victory Dominika Cibulkova in the quarterfinals.
Winner of three Grand Slam titles, Maria Sharapova fired a superstar here at Wimbledon seven years ago when he claimed his maiden Grand Slam titles to 17 years. He also said the championships to win WTA Serena Williams in finals again, and claimed the WTA Player of the Year Award. In the following years saw the smooth performance of the Russian who has supported two major companies in New York (2006) and Melbourne (2008).
The two players have met once this year in Miami, where Sharapova won 6-2, 6-0.