Samantha Stosur's Wimbledon blues have continued with another premature exit from the grasscourt showpiece.
Stosur fell victim to the awesome power and precision of 2013 runner-up Sabine Lisicki on Thursday to crash out with a 6-4 6-2 second-round defeat.
Australia's former US Open champion has now only managed to venture beyond round two three times in 14 visits to the All England Club.
Undermined by eight double-faults, Stosur departed after just 70 minutes.
Having lost to Lisicki during the German's charge to the final three years ago, Stosur was prepared for what was coming - but proved powerless to stop her once again.
A three-time semi-finalist in addition to her runner-up showing, Lisicki is a genuine Wimbledon specialist and showed just why as she delivered a grasscourt clinic.
While Stosur was plagued by doubles, Lisicki - owner of the fastest recorded serve in women's tennis history - was nigh on untouchable on her monster delivery.
The German hammered six aces and lost just two of 22 points on serve in the opening set after breaking Stosur in the first game of the match.
Stosur again dropped serve in the opening game of the second set before Lisicki suffered her one and only lapse to allow the Australian to level at 1-1.
The let-off was brief, though, as Lisicki fired down the fastest serve of the championships - a 196kph rocket - and continued to pound winners from all parts of the court to reel off three straight games and take full command.
Lisicki closed out the contest with her 11th and 12th aces and Stosur admitted the match was all but decided on the German's racquet.
"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."
The French Open semi-finalist 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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