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Sabine Lisicki had complained of pain in her knee during the early rounds of the US Open earlier this month before her last-16 exit to Romania's Simona Halep.

Kimiko Date-Krumm, 44, came from behind to score an upset victory over Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

Former Wimbledon finalist Lisicki hit 16 aces in the first set and 11 more in the second set to enter the record books for most aces in one match.

Former Wimbledon runner-up Lisicki needed two hours and 40 minutes to fashion the victory, which set up a clash with another former champion, Serbian Jelena Jankovic.

Sabine Lisicki defeated Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3 to win the inaugural WTA Hong Kong Open.

Former Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki had spent almost two-and-a-half sapping hours on court the previous night in getting past Romania's Monica Niculescu in three sets, but was in a big hurry 24 hours later. The German sealed the second-round victory over her American opponent Grace Min in just 40 minutes as the mercury nudged 33 degrees celsius under the Victori...

Fifth seed Maria Sharapova defeated 26th seed Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 6-4 in the third round.

One of Sabine Lisicki serves was clocked at 131 mph (211 kph) and helped her bring down the previous record held by Venus Williams. It - 129mph - had stood for almost seven years.

Baltacha reached a career-high ranking of 49 in 2010 and won 11 singles titles during her career.