Lisicki started her hard-court season at Washington D.
Lisicki and Kirilenko won 7—3 to level the score at one set each.
This time she spent five months on the sidelines and a few years later and she admitted that she had to learn how to walk again and was advised to retire, but her self-belief helped her to overcome the dark days.
In the final, she faced Maria Kirilenko, but lost in three sets.