Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon title in dominant fashion, handing Amanda Anisimova a heavy straight-sets defeat.
Swiatek beat Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to secure a maiden crown at the All England Club, becoming the first Pole in history, man or woman, to emerge victorious in singles at the championships.
The 24-year-old, now a six-time major champion, became the second women’s player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam final without conceding a game.
Steffi Graf was the only other player to achieve the feat, doing so in the 1988 Roland Garros final, when she tallied a double bagel against Natasha Zvereva.
It was a tough watch for Anisimova‘s supporters, including American compatriot and former Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick, who was asked after the match if he thought Swiatek should have let the US star win just one game.
Andy Roddick reacts to Iga Swiatek’s dominant win in the Wimbledon final
When asked on the ‘Served’ podcast if Swiatek should have conceded a game in the match, Roddick responded: “No! It’s sports! You beat someone as badly as you can beat them! You cannot give someone a game!
“Imagine you being at your job, you outcompete someone for a contract, or you win business from someone, and then whoever you are bidding against goes I don’t know, let’s just give them some money for their efforts.
“That would be an absurd thing to propose to someone. But also, Iga is great in many facets, and she served amazingly well for this tournament, but Anisimova normally serves pretty well.
“Iga’s second serve is attackable sometimes, so if you’re out on court going 5-0, give this game, she holds another one, and it’s 5-2. Well, 5-2… no! You are protecting against everything.
“You will not daylight into that room, you stomp on someone’s throat because this is sport and we have all agreed to this contract.
“We have all known since we were eight or nine years old that the person across from us is going to stomp on our faces and bleed every last point.
“Look who Iga’s idol is! Rafa Nadal, do you think he ever took any points off? Absolutely not. And if Anisimova goes, she is laying off on me, most professional tennis matches, people do not take it easy on their opponents.
“There is not an ounce of me as a former player that if I am going to run through the woodshed, I would be more upset if someone gave me a game and I could feel that thing.
“I deserve to get taken out to pasture on this one, I just do. That is just the way sport is. That is everything we have signed up for.
“This is not like anything else, and two out of three sets, you are up 4-0, 4-1 is different! People have come back from that, probably in this tournament at some point.
“That does not work that way. Just no. There is no space for this argument.”
Amanda Anisimova’s heavy defeat to Iga Swiatek by the numbers
Nothing was going right for Anisimova in the first Grand Slam final of her career, as she tallied 28 unforced errors against Swiatek.
She had a first serve percentage of 45% and won just 26% of points from her first serve.
| Anisimova | Statistic | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Aces | 3 |
| 5 | Double faults | 2 |
| 45% | First serve % | 78% |
| 26% | Win % on 1st serve | 72% |
| 44% | Win % on 2nd serve | 83% |
| 0/0 | Break points | 6/9 |
| 0 | Tiebreaks won | 0 |
| 11 | Receiving points won | 29 |
| 24 | Points won | 55 |
| 0 | Games won | 12 |
| 0 | Max games won in a row | 12 |
| 2 | Max points won in a row | 13 |
| 13 | Service points won | 26 |
| 0 | Service games won | 6 |
Ansimova was broken six times by Swiatek in the contest without reply, and won a maximum of two points in a row.
In total, the runner-up won just 24 points throughout the match, but failed to win a game.
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