IGA Swiatek Shut Out Amanda anisimova Wimbledon Women’s finals on Saturday in a match that went on within just one hour.
Swetec won 6–0, 6–0 in consecutive sets. This was the first women’s final in the tournament in 114 years in which a player failed to claim the same game.
On sunshine, in the afternoon, SwetechA 24 -year -old Poland man won his sixth Grand Slam title in just 57 minutes. He is now 6–0 in major title matches. She has been champions four times on the Red Clay of the French Open and once in the US Open Hard Courts.
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The final started at 4 pm local time, which is EDT at 11 am. Princess of Kate, WalesParticipated in the match in the Royal box and later attended the trophy ceremony.
Saturday’s title match at the Center Court was the first for 23 -year -old American Anisimova in any Grand Slam tournament. He took several months of career break in 2023, was tired, he said, with the tireless demands of the elite competition.
They have never played each other as professionals. Both were stars as juniors: Anisimova defeated Coco goff For the 2017 US Open Junior title, while Swiyatech was Wimbledon Junior Champion next year.
Swiyatech spent 2022, 2023 and 2024 in the WTA rankings at number 1, but there is number 8 seed in Wimbledon after going more than a year without claiming a title. He served a one-month doping ban last year, after thwarting an out-of-competition drug test; An investigation determined that he was inadvertently apprised of a contaminated medical product, which was used for gold and jet lags.
Anisimova, who was born in New Jersey and grew up in Florida, was a semi -finalist at the age of 17 at the 2019 French Open.
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A year ago, she tried to qualify for Wimbledon as the 189th ranking was very low to come to the field automatically, but she lost in the initial event. She shocked the world’s world’s number 1 female tennis player, Aryana Sabalenka on Thursday in the Wimbledon semi-finals.
Anisimova returned to the tennis circuit about 12 months ago, and when asked about his journey after defeating Sabalenka, he said, “To be honest, if you told me that I will be in the final in Wimbledon, I will not believe you.”
Anisimova will break into the top 10 in the ranking for the first time next week, no matter what Saturday happens.