Stostur exits Wimbledon disappointed Sabine Lisicki of Germany shakes hands at the net with Samantha Stosur after their third round match. Sam Stosur leaves Wimbledon a little less mystified by its famous grass courts, but still unable to make inroads on them. On her centre court debut, Stosur was overwhelmed by German Sabine Lisicki, losing 4-6 6-2 6-1 and so in 11 visits the former US Open winner still has not proceeded past the third round here. It left her with mixed feelings. "Disappointing as it is, I have to say this is probably the best I've felt walking away from Wimbledon," she said. It's not the round where I would have liked to have got to, but I have to be happy with the way I played. It's certainly a huge improvement. The crux of the improvement was her willingness to attack. Analysis showed for instance that she receiving serve closer to the baseline than in other years, and sometimes inside it. Initially, it brought rewards against big-hitting Lisicki. She hit 10 winners in the first set and won it handsomely. So Lisicki upped the attacking ante. "I hit the ball pretty hard, but she almost takes it that next step," said Stosur. She comes at you, and almost the only thing you should do or can do is to try and go straight back at her. It's hard when it's coming that fast sometimes. You have to force yourself to do that. But I knew today that taking a step back and trying to roll the ball in wasn't going to work. Lisicki won 11 of the last 13 games, and it would have been 12 if Stosur had not saved one service game from 0-40. It became a thumping. I gave myself lots of opportunities but just wasn't able to get one of them. I know 6 2, 6 1 doesn't look that close, but I think a lot of those games were. The only interruption to Lisicki's sequence was an injury time-out near the end of the second set because of a cut to her finger that made it difficult for her to trip the racquet. Stosur's cut proved even deeper; it was to the quick.