Marion Bartoli celerbrates her Wimbledon title after defeating Sabine Lisicki

The Frenchwoman defeats the 23 seed in just 81 minutes to claim her maiden Grand Slam title

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My first tennis competitor was my brother He's two years older than me, and as he was always that bit better, I would lose, and sulk for the rest of the day. It's the reason I kept playing – I needed to beat him. I was 11 when I started winning, and it was worth the wait. I was just more competitive and took training more seriously than he did. Now that he doesn't play tennis any more we have a much better relationship.

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