Sabine Lisicki insists she can still achieve her dream of winning a Grand Slam title even if the bare statistics of her up and down career threatened to conspire against her.

The 23-year-old German had won the hearts of Centre Court with her smiling, storming run to the Wimbledon final as she knocked out three Grand Slam champions - Serena Williams, Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur.

But her world collapsed in spectacular style in Saturday's final against Marion Bartoli, her 6-1, 6-4 loss punctuated by floods of tears and ugly errors before she broke down and sobbed at the trophy presentation.