Tearful Lisicki stretchered off as Zvonareva wins
Date published :
25 May 2011 - 20:30:06
Russian third seed Vera Zvonareva came within a whisker of a shock French Open defeat before eventually prevailing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 against injury-stricken German qualifier Sabine Lisicki on Wednesday.
Lisicki, the former world number 22, spurned a match point at 5-2 up in the third set before the injury jinx that kept her off the courts for five months last year returned, prompting a long injury time-out that left her in tears.
Her opponent's momentum having evaporated, having required her blood pressure to be taqken courtside, Zvonareva proceeded to win the next five games in succession to reach the last 32.
A weeping Lisicki departed the scene on a stretcher.
