There are stuns then after that there are stuns. What happened to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the first week here was pretty terrific; what happened on Monday to Serena Williams was absolutely unimaginable. Five times the champion and on a winning streak of 34 matches,
the American was an overpowering favourite to win the title for a sixth time, all the more so after the early passageways of Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. Be that as it may having headed 3-0 and 4-2 in the last set, she slipped out of the Championships, demolished 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 by Germany's Sabine Lisicki.
It was a splendid exhibition from Lisicki, a semi-finalist here in 2010, taking care of business on grass and a player who on her day could be a match for anybody. She made an extraordinary showing of keeping Williams cockeyed and wrong-balance the American. Be that as it may what was generally curious was the way the planet No1 neglect a charging lead in the decider and for once, when the huge minutes came, tightened up and was considered needing
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