STANFORD, Calif. -- The WTA says Sabine Lisicki has hit the fastest serve in the history of the women's tennis tour, reaching 131 mph (211 kph).

Home-favourite Lisicki was heavily fancied to go far in the clay-court event in Nuremberg, but she was defeated 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-3) by a player 78 places below her in the WTA world rankings.

The WTA says Sabine Lisicki has hit the fastest serve in the history of the women's tennis tour, reaching 131 mph (211 kph).

STANFORD, Calif. -- The WTA says Sabine Lisicki has hit the fastest serve in the history of the women's tennis tour, reaching 131 mph (211 kph).

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During the event, the unseeded Swiss also defeated Eugenie Bouchard, Caroline Wozniacki, Sabine Lisicki, Ana Ivanovic and Simona Halep as she claimed the first of her two WTA 1000 titles.