<p>Learning to walk again after a career-threatening injury helped Sabine Lisicki realise that anything is possible - even reaching a Wimbledon final.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The German beat Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday, 6-4, 2-6, 9-7. <br />It should, however, come as no surprise that she passed her test of nerve as Lisicki is used to overcoming adversity. The world number 24 suffered a serious ankle injury in 2010 that kept her out of the game for five months and included a painstaking rehabilitation.<br /><br />Yet she never doubted her ability to get back to her best. "I always believed in it, always," she told reporters after setting up a final against Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. "No matter what happened. I can still remember when the doctor told me that I have to be on crutches the next six weeks. I was like, Okay, when can I get back? That was my first question... That period made me a much stronger person and player. "I know anything is possible after learning how to walk again."<br /><br />Lisicki said her passion for the game was the driving force behind her return but she also had a helping hand from another sportsman's tale of adversity, finding inspiration in the biography of Austrian skier Hermann Maier.<br /><br />Maier was involved in a near-fatal motorbike accident and nearly had to have his leg amputated, but he came back to win Olympic silver and world championship gold.<br />"I read his book while I was injured," Lisicki said. "You know, almost losing his leg and then to come back and be the world champion in his sport, I think was an unbelievable story." </p>
<p>Learning to walk again after a career-threatening injury helped Sabine Lisicki realise that anything is possible - even reaching a Wimbledon final.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The German beat Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday, 6-4, 2-6, 9-7. <br />It should, however, come as no surprise that she passed her test of nerve as Lisicki is used to overcoming adversity. The world number 24 suffered a serious ankle injury in 2010 that kept her out of the game for five months and included a painstaking rehabilitation.<br /><br />Yet she never doubted her ability to get back to her best. "I always believed in it, always," she told reporters after setting up a final against Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. "No matter what happened. I can still remember when the doctor told me that I have to be on crutches the next six weeks. I was like, Okay, when can I get back? That was my first question... That period made me a much stronger person and player. "I know anything is possible after learning how to walk again."<br /><br />Lisicki said her passion for the game was the driving force behind her return but she also had a helping hand from another sportsman's tale of adversity, finding inspiration in the biography of Austrian skier Hermann Maier.<br /><br />Maier was involved in a near-fatal motorbike accident and nearly had to have his leg amputated, but he came back to win Olympic silver and world championship gold.<br />"I read his book while I was injured," Lisicki said. "You know, almost losing his leg and then to come back and be the world champion in his sport, I think was an unbelievable story." </p>