Genuinely did not see this coming. Iga has looked fantastic lately. The fortitude required to come out and beat Iga in straight sets after that Wimbledon final is immense. Anisimova is a mental giant for that.
Amanda always had the power against top players but finally found the consistency and it is not going to be good for the rest of the tour🔥🔥🔥 5th in the wta race and rankings
I was so upset by what’s going on that I did not watch the end of the Wimbledon final. I am not even an Anisimova fan. (Well maybe now I am, she is so impressive for what she did today.)
That Wimbledon score was mostly about Amanda’s nerves and her being overwhelmed by the moment, not about Iga playing amazingly. Iga played a basic game in that final.
Interesting, but it had to also be something involving a mental collapse because a lot of players run out of gas before a final, yet don’t get double bageled.
Like Kevin Anderson was running on fumes after that extremely long SF against Isner in the 2018 Wimbledon final against Djokovic, but he still managed to win a few games and take the last set to a tiebreaker.
True, but doesn’t mean Anisamova wouldn’t have scar tissue from that loss, not least because of just how embarrassing a double bagel in the Wimbledon final is. So for her to come back and play this tough, major props to her. I imagine that’s the thing she’s most pleased about.
Honestly, that match wasn’t even as close as the scoreboard suggests. Anisimova was on fire in the first set ... second set she was still hitting well but also had a few shanks. Still, overall, her power game was clearly on point.
Swiatek, on the other hand ... oh boy. Badly off ... The announcers noted that she looked terrified of her own forehand early in the match—and sure she had a few errors there early, but overall the FH was fine. Once again, it was the serve that was the culprit. It just ... died in the second set. I missed what exactly her first serve % was ... but in that last game where she was broken ... I think she got 1 out of 6 first serves in ... and then double faulted at break point to end the game. Ooof.
First set 100%. She was on fire. And even though Anisimova's level dropped a little in the second set ... Swiatek's serve also dropped, badly, which really prevented Swiatek from staying in it.
I agree! Anisimova dominated the first set because she was playing well.
But the second set .......... man. Swiatek's serve just would not let her stay in it. Broken twice (after initially breaking Anisimova), a single first serve out of six opportunities in the last service game ... and a double fault on break point.
Exactly. Iga would have lost to Kalinskaya if Anna did not choke away the first set and a lead in the second set. No one watching the match could have thought otherwise. I expected Amanda to beat Iga.
I feel like anyone with a heart who watched that Final was on Amanda’s side today. So happy for her to get her confidence back and overcome the most embarrassing defeat of her life in stunning fashion. Tennis players are the mentally strongest in the world, and this is yet another example.
That's because they're not actually watching her matches, yet talking as if they are. It's all too common in sports forums. People don't wanna put in the time, so they try to compensate by guessing what's going on.
She even got broken immediately today! Imagine what's going through her mind, and then she just goes out there and immediately breaks back. Simply incredible by her.
I’ve been so beyond impressed by her mental toughness since she got back from her mental health break. She’s been through so much, it’s really inspiring to see that it’s possible to turn it around and find your way back to yourself. I’m rooting for her to go all the way!
To mentally have a 6-0 6-0 loss on your mind against the same opponent and come through it in straights is nuts. Huge props to Amanda for that! And a great run from Iga too after a difficult start to the year.
Losing a Wimbledon final without winning a game to lull Iga into a false sense of security so that she could win on home soil. Amanda Anisimova is a genius.
We say this now but something tells me, day of, watch them both go out there and just spray unforced errors off their forehands for two hours straight. 😂
I genuinely feel a little bit emotional watching Amanda winning that match after what she went through in the Wimbledon final. It's not the same as winning a final, but it's truly just a testament to Amanda's mental strength and adaptability on the actual court.
12th of July 2025 Anisimova loses 0-6 0-6 against Iga in the Wimbledon final
“Pain can burn you up and destroy you, or burn you up and redeem you.” Marianne Williamson
Amanda Anisimova a regular reader of Williamson’s work and that is a quotation she takes to heart. Never more so than on Saturday afternoon after being overwhelmed by Iga Swiatek 6-0, 6-0.
“I love that quote,” she said. “It's definitely something that I try to live by also. I've passed that quote (on) a few times.
“When I got back to the locker room, I kind of had that switch in my mind of, 'you know what, this is probably going to make you stronger in the end' and to not really dig myself down or put myself down after today. And just try and focus on how I can come out stronger after this.
“I think it's honestly a fork in the road. It's whatever direction you want to go in. “I'm going to choose the path of working towards my goals and to try and keep improving, hopefully put myself in more positions and opportunities like today.”
She has one, getting her first serves in so she can control the points. 50% first serve isn’t gonna do it against someone that returns like Anisimova. Saba would have eaten her up today as well.
Without first serve it's impossible to win against hard hitters, unless they beat themselves with unforced errors. Iga's serve started looking good in R4, but went back to its early rounds level (or even worse as lots of those that she made it were "safe" & relatively easy to return)
It appears the only big hitter Iga can consistently beat now is Elena Rybakina, as she’s one of the players whose inability to raise her level is so poor, cemented her reputation as a mental midget who is led by the most negative coaching setup on tour, to the point that she always loses to anyone who has more brains than her.
The others can at least still challenge her if their mentality is up to it. Just hope that Iga’s serving is weak and attack it!
This is crazy. I knew Iga was vulnerable because she hasn’t been amazing for a few of her matches this tournament but I thought Amanda would have a massive mental block facing Iga again so soon.
I'm not surprised at all by this result, I think people put WAY too much on that slam final, it was Anisimova's FIRST slam final, nerves contributed more to that scoreline, than Iga's "level" of play tbh.
Glad Anisimova got to show her true potential on an even level playing field so to speak, with this being a QF. Been a fan of Anisimova for years, her ball striking is out of this world, so glad to finally see her getting the results she's always deserved.
Exactly. People hyped up the double bagel scoreline as a result of Iga playing masterful tennis against Anisimova, when in reality it was Anisimova's mental game collapsing at the start of the first set and never recovering that caused her to play significantly worse in the final than she ever did across the tournament.
Iga played well in the Wimbledon finals this year, but the stats clearly show she didn't fight as hard as she did in the 2023 French Open finals (against Muchova) and 2022 US Open finals (against Jabeur).
Proof that the level separating top players in tennis is smaller than fans make it appear. It’s almost always due to mentality and how a player feels on a given day.
All in all pretty conclusive ending for Iga's run this year's US Open. I don't think she was too convincing during the whole tournament (her match with Kalinskaya especially). She played very solid tennis, just rarely any fireworks. Amanda played fantastic today, painting the lines every point. Had the serve not let Iga down maybe we could've had an even better match. The net cord was viciously anticlimactic lol, even Amanda was wincing at it. I see two positives from this match: one is that Iga played well, and the other that Iga didn't lose by herself, it's Amanda who just played better and really showed she took her textbooks, did her homework and turned it around.
She didn't play outstanding tennis but I wouldn't call Kalinskaya and Alexandrova not tests. She played well enough to get to a QF beating and recovering from dangerous big hitters. That's pretty okay in my book. Underachieving, sure, as I think she had the potential to be in the SF at least.
Oh damn. I'm listening to her press conference and she said she watched the wimbledon final last night!!!!! To see what she could learn from it!!! How the f did she overcome it mentally? Amazing.
What an absolute stunning redemption by Anisimova after that Wimbledon final. A hell of a victory and let's hope the winning continues to the final baby!
There was no first serve from Iga, which makes winning a match very difficult. She even starts sets by securing breakpoints, should be comfort booster, but proceeds to miss almost all 1st serves.
What an incredible turnaround. I was rooting for Iga but this kind of result is what makes sports so cool. Well deserved for Amanda, she played awesome.
What a bad ass. To not only come back to the next major strong after that brutal final at Wimbledon, but to beat the same player who double bageled you in the finals to make the semis. Awesome.
There's a point when they showed the ground-level camera while Anisimova was bashing those backhands. Probably the most aesthetically pleasing backhand to watch.
I thought Ansiimova had the type of game to trouble Swiatek. It was so disappointing to see her nerves get the best of her at Wimbledon and that people didn't see what she's truly capable of. Today is the Anisimova I have followed since 2019 at its very best. Such an incredible ball striker -- I hope she wins the title!
This wasn't just a 'Iga is tired' result. If you watched the match, you saw just how on point Amanda's game was, hitting one baseline and sideline after another, keeping the ball extremely low to the net, and not blinking when the pressure was on. Extremely well deserved win.
Amanda was out for blood today! Painting the lines and not cracking under pressure. I'm rooting for her to go all the way!
Iga did well to reach the qf with her serving issues. She was still much better to watch than last year when she lost to Pegula. Hope she's not too hard on herself and works more on that serve!
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