Swiatek inflicts 6-0 6-0 defeat on Anisimova to win Wimbledon

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Swiatek dominates Anisimova to win first Wimbledon title

Iga Swiatek ruthlessly took advantage of Amanda Anisimovas nerves to win her maiden Wimbledon title and inflict the heaviest womens final defeat at the All England Club in more than a century.

Both players were appearing in their first Wimbledon final but Polands Swiatek looked more assured from the very start as she stormed to a 6-0 6-0 victory over the American in just 57 minutes to win a sixth Grand Slam title.

No woman had won a Wimbledon final with a double bagel - the name given to a victory without dropping a game - since Dorothea Lambert Chambers in 1911.

"It seems super surreal," said 24-year-old Swiatek, whose five previous major titles came on clay or hard courts and who has won every Slam final she has contested.

"Honestly, I didnt even dream of winning Wimbledon because it was way too far.

"I feel like Im an experienced player, having won other Slams, but I didnt expect this."

Iga Swiatek has added Wimbledon to her four French Open titles and one US Open victory

Eighth seed Swiatek drew on all of her greater experience to race through the first set in just 25 minutes.

Anisimova, just three months younger than Swiatek, looked tense from the very start and made a flurry of errors in an opener where she won just nine points.

Despite a sympathetic Centre Court crowd willing her on, things did not improve in the second set for the 13th seed.

A total of 28 unforced errors, plus five double faults, starkly illustrated Anisimovas struggles.

Fighting back the tears as she addressed the crowd, Anisimova said: "Its been an incredible fortnight for me - even though I ran out of gas.

"I wish I could have put on a better performance for you today."

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If Swiatek had not already proved she should be ranked among the greats of the game, she has certainly done so now.

Mastering a surface considered her weakest - even though she won the Wimbledon junior title in 2018 - has added further credibility to her case.

Swiatek has become the youngest woman since 23-time champion Serena Williams in 2002 to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces.

A sixth major takes her clear of Maria Sharapova and Martina Hingis, with only a total of 10 women now having won more in the Open era.

Swiatek became known as the Queen of Clay after winning four French Open titles in five years, while her two-year reign as the world number one - ended by Aryna Sabalenka last year - was underpinned by consistent success on the hard courts.

Grass was the surface she had not cracked.

Before this triumph, Swiatek had made the second week at the All England Club only once, when she reached the quarter-finals in 2023.

Losing in this years Roland Garros semi-finals - early by her previous standards - meant she had longer to prepare on the surface, helping her quickly readjust improve her confidence and game.

Anisimovas struggles meant Swiatek was not fully tested. Nevertheless, the weight and depth of the Poles ball provided constant pressure which her opponent could not deal with.

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While it was a chastening experience for Anisimova in her first major final, it had been an encouraging and inspiring journey to get there.

The big-hitting American has been tipped as a future Grand Slam champion since she was a teenager and reached the 2019 French Open semi-finals as a 17-year-old.

Later that year, the sudden death of her father Konstantin - who was also her coach - contributed to her falling out of love with tennis.

Four years later, Anisimova took a break for her mental health and spent about seven months off the tour.

This time last year she was trying to avoid watching Wimbledon as she had lost in the third round of qualifying while ranked 191st in the world.

But, having climbed back to the verge of the top 10, she has reminded the world of her obvious talent, particularly against world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals.

Anisimova was far below her best against Swiatek, however. In the warm-up she looked tense and it showed in the opening points of the match.

Rushing into her shots, Anisimovas groundstrokes were loose and Swiatek continued to take time away from her.

Afterwards, Anisimova revealed she did not practise on Friday because she felt "really fatigued" and also had to take regular breaks during her pre-final warm-up on Saturday.

"If anything, its my physicality that I need to work on," she said.

"To be able to last two weeks in a Grand Slam is definitely something that you need to work a lot on. Its not an easy feat."

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Anisimova "ran out of gas" in devastating final loss