Sabine Lisicki turned it around and took home her first WTA title in more than three years.

Lisicki had some near-escapes during the week, rallying from 6-3, 4-2 down to beat Monica Niculescu in the first round and coming from a break down in the third against Francesca Schiavone in the semifinals too, but her start in the final against Karolina Pliskova was probably the most worrying of all, as Pliskova came out swinging for the fences and stormed out to a 5-1 lead in the first set. But with some inspired play the No.1-seeded Lisicki turned the match right around, winning seven games in a row - and 12 of the next 15 - to make it past the No.3-seeded Pliskova, 7-5, 6-3. Lisicki was asked whether it crossed her mind to let the first set go and start again in the second. "Never. For me, never," Lisicki responded. "I always fight for every single point no matter what the score is. That's won me a lot of matches in the past, and that's how I won this match, as well.

" Lisicki won her fourth WTA title, her first three coming at Charleston in 2009 and Birmingham and Dallas in 2011. She had been to three finals since that last title in Dallas - Pattaya City, Memphis and, of course, Wimbledon, all in 2013 - but she got back on the winning track here this week.