{"id":20842,"date":"2013-07-02T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T09:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/how-it-feels-to-beat-williams-at-wimbledon\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T11:15:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T09:15:49","slug":"how-it-feels-to-beat-williams-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/how-it-feels-to-beat-williams-at-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"How it feels to beat Williams at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What it feels like to beat Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Photo: AP<\/p>\n

Serena Williams<\/a> was astonished by Sabine Lisicki<\/a>. Call it Wimble-done.<\/p>\n

Serena Williams won\u2019t win Wimbledon<\/a> this year, joining a list of bracket carnage that includes Roger Federer<\/a>, Rafael Nadal<\/a>, Maria Sharapova<\/a> and Victoria Azarenka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s 42 major championships gone before the quarterfinals, a stunning result in a sport that has shown much early-round consistency in the past decade.<\/p>\n

The woman who did it? Sabine Lisicki, a big-hitting, big-serving German who had thrived at the All England Club in the past four years but waited until 2013 to pull her biggest upset.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still shaking,\u201d she told the BBC. \u201cI\u2019m so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

How big was Serena\u2019s three-set loss to Sabine Lisicki? It was her first loss in 34 matches, it gave Lisicki her fourth ever Wimbledon win over the reigning French Open champion and it makes the women\u2019s field so wide open that the words \u201cSloane Stephens, Wimbledon champion\u201d are a realistic possibility on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The loss leaves Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Petra Kvitova as the only remaining Wimbledon champions in either draw and means that short of a Djokovic-Andy Murray men\u2019s final, this weekend\u2019s Wimbledon championships could have a minor tournament feel. \u2013 For the Win<\/a><\/p>\n

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