Bartoli wins Wimbledon women's title Marion Bartoli reacts after she won the women's singles final against Sabine Lisicki. France's Marion Bartoli ended the longest wait of any woman to win a major championship when she demolished Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday. Bartoli, 28, was playing her 47th major championship. In one of them, at Wimbledon five years ago, she crossed paths with Lisicki in the first round and beat her. Now she repeated it in the final. Bartoli, the 15th seed, was the surprise winner of a surprising tournament, and yet her victory ought to have been no surprise at all. She did not lose a set during the championships, nor even was she stretched as far as a tie-breaker. Altogether, she was on court for just on 10 hours. Winner Marion Bartoli of France and runner-up Sabine Lisicki of Germany hold their trophies after the women's singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday. Lisicki became the giant-slayer of this tournament when she eliminated Serena Williams in the round of 16, but in the final found that there was nothing left in her slingshot. Bartoli double-faulted twice to lose her serve in the first game, but it was a false portent. Lisicki was playing her first major final, and on her own cognisance was overwhelmed by it. Bartoli won 11 of the next 12 games, stamping her superiority utterly. Her weight and consistency of groundstroke was too much for Lisicki, whose own strengths, especially her serve, deserted her. Bartoli faltered only at the end, squandering three points for a 6-1, 6-4 win. It was understandable. She formalised victory with an ace, and said later: "I've been practising my serve for so long. At least I saved it for the best one! She also charmed by apologising for her imperfect English, adding: "I'm French at the end of the day." Her body language already had made that perfectly clear. Bartoli marked her victory by making a hazardous climb into the stands to reach her people, a ceremonial scaling pioneered by Australia's Pat Cash in 1987, but not attempted by many since. Among those Bartoli embraced were her father, Walter, from whom she split as coach earlier this year, former Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo, who has been working with her lately, and her hitting partner, Thomas Drouet, who began the year abetting Bernard Tomic until an infamous incident involving Tomic's father, John, in Madrid, which is still to go to court. That is for a more sober time. Now, it's champagne. Bartoli's path to the title: 1st rd: bt Elena Svitolina (UKR) 6-3, 7-5 2nd rd: bt Christina McHale (USA) 7-5, 6-4 3rd rd: bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-4, 7-5 4th rd: bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-2, 6-3 QF: bt Sloane Stephens (USA x17) 6-4, 7-5 SF: bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x20) 6-1, 6-2 F: bt Sabine Lisicki (GER x23) 6-1, 6-4