Amanda Anisimova’s Wimbledon campaign has ended in heartbreak after the American suffered a heavy defeat to Iga Swiatek in the final.
Anisimova lost 6-0, 6-0 to a dominant Swiatek in a match that lasted just 57 minutes, marking the second time in the Open Era that a woman has won a major final with a double bagel.
Though Swiatek was in fine form throughout the contest, the American did not help herself by tallying 28 unforced errors, with a first serve percentage of just 45%.
It was a tough watch for Anisimova‘s US supporters, including Coco Gauff‘s former coach Brad Gilbert, who says it’s a ‘sad day for tennis’.
Brad Gilbert claims the Wimbledon final marked a ‘sad day for tennis’
Gilbert took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to say: “That’s a very sad day for tennis on Centre Court @Wimbledon, got to feel for AA [Amanda Anisimova].
“Last time that happened [was] 1988 @rolandgarros final was like 35 mins [Steffi] Graf vs [Natasha] Zvereva”
Graf is the only other women’s player since 1968 to win a Grand Slam final without conceding a game to her opponent.
After not dropping a set throughout the entire tournament, the German won the championship match at the French Open in 1988 against Zvereva 6-0, 6-0 to clinch her third major title.
Iga Swiatek becomes the fifth-youngest player to complete the ‘surface slam’
After securing her first Wimbledon title, Swiatek became the fifth-youngest player to win a women’s Grand Slam singles title on all three surfaces.
Aged 24, she had won Roland Garros four times, the US Open once, and has now emerged victorious at the All England Club.
She is the youngest to achieve the feat since Serena Williams in 2002, and trails only Chris Evert, Hana Mandlikova, Williams, and Graf in the all-time list.
It was a history-making victory for the Pole, who is the first from her country in history, man or woman, to win a Wimbledon singles crown.
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