Amanda Anisimova was heavily beaten in her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon by Iga Swiatek.
Anisimova did not win a single game against Swiatek, becoming part of unwanted history at Wimbledon.
There has been a huge rally of support for the American since losing the final, with Coco Gauff sending a message to Anisimova.
Many had assumed that nerves were the root for Anisimova’s downfall on Centre Court, but she has now revealed that was not the case.
Amanda Anisimova explains the real reason why she struggled so much in Wimbledon final
After Anisimova’s shock thrashing in the Wimbledon final, the world number 12 fielded questions from the media in her post-match press conference.
One of those concerned whether nerves were the biggest factor in why she hit 28 unforced errors against Swiatek.
However, Anisimova has claimed that she did not feel too nervous and actually more fatigued after a busy fortnight at Wimbledon.
“I was nervous but it wasn’t anything out of this world,” said Anisimova. “If anything I was more excited to go out there and compete.
“But I did not practice yesterday and I think I was really fatigued. I could feel it in my warm up this morning. I had to take a break out there after every rally in my warm up.
“I think if anything it is my physicality that I need to work on to be able to last two weeks at a Grand Slam is definitely something that you need to work on, it’s not an easy feat. And if anything it’s more experience for me on how to handle nerves. It’s my first Slam final, so at least I have that experience now.”
Amanda Anisimova admits shoulder pain in the warm up of Wimbledon final
After making that revelation, Anisimova was then questioned over whether she had any physical issues she was dealing with.
At first, Anisimova explained that it was just fatigue, before she then explained that her shoulder had been troubling her when serving.
“It was just fatigue,” said Anisimova. “It has been a long season and I think it is something that I need to work on. Obviously it’s my physicality at the end of the day I need to improve. It’s just the way I felt, I don’t really know what exactly, but it’s just the feeling I had and I knew that was kind of a red flag.”
Anisimova later added, “It could be possibly a factor, it was hurting a bit in the warm up but I don’t know what was going on with my serve.
“I have struggled with my serve as most people probably can tell, by the looks of it, and the statistics is something I have been trying to work on.
“I don’t know if it’s when nerves come into play that I struggle with my serve. I don’t know what the root cause is there but I am sure me and my team will get to the bottom of it and it’s definitely something I need to work on.
“I feel like the last two weeks I have dug myself out of so many holes because I have been struggling so much on first serve and to make it to the finals of Wimbledon with a mediocre serve, I feel like I would say, I personally do not think it’s been above average this whole time. I feel like I have been fighting my way through with an average serve so it’s definitely an area of improvement.”
Anisimova’s serve was one of many issues in the Wimbledon final, having only hit 45% of her first serves in play.
Despite the negatives from the final match of her best Grand Slam run to date, Anisimova is now guaranteed to become a top 10 player for the first time when the WTA rankings are updated.
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