Marion Bartoli might be a kooky French fruit-loop, but there could be
no disputing her calibre on a grass-court on Saturday as she swept aside
an emotional Sabine Lisicki to clasp the Venus Rosewater Dish and
realise, in an expression of utter bewilderment, that she was the
Wimbledon champion.
Seizing her first grand slam title with this dominant 6-1, 6-4 victory,
and barrelling through the entire tournament without dropping a set,
this oddity from the Auvergne was the worthiest of winners.
One of the toughest, too. Bartoli disclosed last night that she had
spent the second set in acute pain, with a growing blister under her big
toe, and that she refused even to summon the trainer for fear of
showing the struggling Lisicki any weakness. "I'm a very tough person,"
she said, with a deceptively delicate smile. "When I took my sock off it
was red with blood. But I am this kind of person.
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