Lisicki allergic to Wimbledon MyZA

Sabine Lisicki’s hay fever makes her hypersensitive to the very grass for which the Wimbledon tournament is so famous.

Sabine Lisicki. Photo: Wikipedia

That affliction, of course, won’t stop her from playing in the Wimbledon final today, when either she or Marion Bartoli will end up with a first Grand Slam title.

“I learned how to cope with that,” Lisicki said Friday. “In the beginning, the first time I was here, which was, what, five years ago, I really was struggling with the allergies.

But by now I know what to do, what to take, to calm those allergies down. I’m on medication.”

She also knows what to do on the tennis court when she steps onto the finely manicured lawn on Centre Court.

“I had a lot of challenges on my way to the finals with players being aggressive, players who were very solid, moving very well,” Lisicki said. “So it will be another challenge.” – AP