Saturday 6th July will witness two entirely new faces at the final of the women's singles final event of the Wimbledon 2013 at the Centre Court in recent times.
24th ranked German Sabine Lisicki who knocked out world no.1 the defending champion and the most favourite American Serena Williams in the fourth round 6-4, 2-6, 9-7 in a compelling, back-and-forth match Thursday, faces 15th ranked French Marion Bartoli in the final of women's singles at Wimbledon Centre Court Saturday.
Both Lisicki and Marion Bartoli have met four times before their final encounter Saturday since they first met in the first round of Wimbledon in 2008. Of these four encounters the German has a winning edge of 3-1 over the French.
They last met at Wimbledon in 2011 in the fourth nround in which Lisicki beat Bartoli 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1.
For both Lisicki and Marion Bartoli this is their first Grand Slam final encounter and definately both would be at their best to outscore each other to earn their first Grand Slam of their lives and hold high the coveted Venus Rosewater Dish Saturday.
And it may be added that it's only the second time in the 45-year Open era that two women who have never won a Grand Slam trophy will play for the championship at the grass-court tournament. And what is more in 11 of the past 13 years, one Williams sister or the other - and sometimes both - reached the final at the All England Club. This year, five-time champion Venus sat out because of a back injury, while five-time champion Serena's 34-match winning streak ended with a loss to Lisicki in Monday's fourth round.
So let us now see whether Lisicki is really lucky enough to win her first Grand Slam of life or the French Bartoli, who is five years older to Lisicki and is in the final of Wimbledon for the second time, surprises her in the final Saturday.
The match is scheduled for Saturday, 6 July 2013 at the Centre Court at 13:00 GMT
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