Quirky Wimbledon deserves quirky winner in Marion Bartoli

France's Marion Bartoli closed out her first career Grand Slam championship at Wimbledon on Saturday with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 victory over 23-year-old Sabine Lisicki. Perhaps most impressively, No. 15 seed Bartoli didn't concede a single setFrance's Marion Bartoli closed out her first career Grand Slam championship at Wimbledon on Saturday with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 victory over 23-year-old Sabine Lisicki. Perhaps most impressively, No. 15 seed Bartoli didn't concede a single setWatching Marion Bartoli practice never gets old. Sometimes she's using stretch cords attached to her hips, other times she's doing footwork drills like she's Renaldo Nehemiah and sometimes she's hitting rapid-fire backhands, as in the video belowAnd here's Marion Bartoli to collect her trophy. She shakes her head in disbelief. It must all be a blur right now.

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