On the night before Amanda Anisimova faced Iga Swiatek in the US Open quarter-final, in a rematch of her nightmare 6-0 6-0 defeat to the same opponent in the Wimbledon final just seven weeks before, she decided to put herself through the worst experience of her professional career again. “Nobody told me to, but I watched it back, as painful as it was,” Anisimova laughed.
After finding some more positive highlights to rebuild her confidence, Anisimova then removed what happened on Centre Court from her mind. But when Swiatek broke Anisimova’s serve in the very first game of the match, the 24-year-old couldn’t help the memories of the double-bagel humiliation from flooding back. “I was really like, okay, here we go,” Anisimova grimaced. Once again, there was nowhere for her to hide
