Right, that’s it from us for today – and from me for this Wimbledon. Many thanks for your company this fortnight, it’s been a blast as always. Do join Daniel tomorrow for coverage of Jannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz – after their nearly neverending French Open final last month, we can be sure it won’t be as rapid as today’s Wimbledon whitewash. Bye!
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Here’s Tumaini’s match report:
Amanda Anisimova arrived in her first grand slam final in some of the best form of her career, but she fell apart under pressure in front of one of the greatest big-match players the sport has ever seen as Iga Swiatek inflicted a historic 6-0, 6-0 victory in 57 minutes to claim her long-awaited first Wimbledon title.
This is the first time in the open era that the Wimbledon title has been won with a double bagel. The last 6-0, 6-0 result came in 1911, when the sport barely resembled its current modern form, with Dorothea Lambert Chambers’s dominant win over Dora Boothby in the challenge match era, when the defending champion played just once.
Two days after playing an incredible match to topple the world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka, holding her nerve in so many of the tightest moments, Anisimova simply could not handle the pressure. She had the even greater misfortune of coming up against the one opponent who would never allow her a path back in after her early difficulties in the match.
Swiatek has now won each of her first six grand slam finals, a reflection of her remarkable mental toughness and her readiness to produce her best tennis in the biggest moments. Only Margaret Court and Monica Seles have achieved this feat before her in the Open era.
For so long, grass courts were considered Swiatek’s one weakness. The ball’s low bounce, many believed, was too disruptive to her heavy topspin forehand, her movement was too uncertain and there would always be an opponent capable of blasting her off the court. Sometimes she believed this, too.
At the end of a tremendous fortnight on her least successful surface, Swiatek has proven that a player with her rare talent, discipline and sheer force of will has no limitations to her potential.
The victory marks Swiatek’s sixth grand slam title, which breaks her tie with Martina Hingis and Maria Sharapova. The last female player to reach this milestone was Venus Williams in 2007. Alongside her four French Open triumphs and her victory at the US Open in 2022, Swiatek has now won major titles on all three playing surfaces. Only the Australian Open stands between her and a career grand slam.
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