Samantha Stosur admits she was powerless to stop grasscourt juggernaut Sabine Lisicki from adding to her Wimbledon woes with yet another premature exit from the tennis showpiece.
Runner-up in 2013, Lisicki delivered a serving masterclass to consign the French Open semi-finalist to a 6-4 6-2 second-round defeat, her 14th first-week defeat at the All England Club.
While eight double-faults undermined Stosur's challenge, Lisicki - owner of the fastest recorded serve in women's tennis history - was nigh-on untouchable on her monster delivery.
The German only lost two of 22 points on serve in the first set to set the tone and finished off Australia's 14th seed with her 11th and 12th aces.
"When she's hitting the line on those serves, even if I went the right way, I wasn't going to reach them very good," Stosur said.
"Yeah, when you're serving out a match like she was and you can serve like that, it's fantastic, seems very easy.
"She played very well. You kind of know that Sabine is capable of playing like that.
"You've got to really take any opportunities you get. Unfortunately going down that break early kind of maybe let her loosen the shoulders a little bit, really relax into that.
"If you can keep it on serve, maybe then you do see some cracks form."
A three-time semi-finalist in addition to her march to the title match three years ago, Lisicki snuffed out Stosur's gallant fightback attempt early in the second set to break the Queenslander with two scorching returns.
Stosur thought she played "a pretty decent match" and said losing to such an inspired opponent was easier to swallow in many ways.
"It kind of makes things really simple to know what happened," Stosur said.
"Look, when you are playing a player who's playing very well, you have to find a way to do anything you can. I felt like I did that.
"I tried my hardest."
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