Germany's Sabine Lisicki celebrates after beating Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova in their Hong Kong Open women's singles final match September 14, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
(Reuters) - German top seed Sabine Lisicki recovered from a woeful start to beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-3 in the final of the WTA Hong Kong Open for her first title in more than three years.
The world number 31, who received a wild card to play in the $250,000 (153,775.18 pounds) tournament, suffered two early breaks to fall behind 5-1 in the opening set but fought back to win the next six games and the set.
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