{"id":260344,"date":"2025-07-13T01:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260344\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T01:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:16:12","slug":"polands-iga-swiatek-thrashes-american-amanda-anisimova-in-wimbledon-womens-final-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260344\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland’s Iga \u015awi\u0105tek thrashes American Amanda Anisimova in Wimbledon women\u2019s final : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Iga \u015awi\u0105tek of Poland holds the trophy after winning the women’s singles final match against Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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Kirsty Wigglesworth\/AP<\/p>\n

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The Wimbledon women’s final came to an abrupt close on Saturday as Poland’s Iga \u015awi\u0105tek delivered a swift, crushing defeat against American player Amanda Anisimova.<\/p>\n

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\u015awi\u0105tek, 24, took an early lead in the competition, and continued at a punishing pace to secure a 6-0, 6-0 win in less than an hour of gameplay.<\/p>\n

It was only the second time in the Open era that the Wimbledon title has been won with a double bagel \u2014 which is when a two-set match ends with one player winning every game.<\/p>\n

\"Amanda<\/p>\n

\n Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. reacts after losing the women’s singles final match against Iga Swiatek of Poland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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Kate, the Princess of Wales, who did not attend last year’s match as she was recovering from cancer, handed \u015awi\u0105tek the trophy.<\/p>\n

\u015awi\u0105tek is Poland’s first single’s champion at the prestigious tournament.<\/p>\n

In remarks after her historic victory, which she called “super surreal,” \u015awi\u0105tek praised 23-year-old Anisimova.<\/p>\n

“I want to congratulate Amanda for, you know, amazing two weeks anyway, no matter what happened today,” she said. “You should be proud of the work you’re doing, and I hope we’re going to play many more finals here.”<\/p>\n

Anisimova was the first U.S. woman to reach the Wimbledon final since Serena Williams in 2019.<\/p>\n

Spectators were curious to see how she would perform in London this year after a bumpy few years<\/a> in her tennis career.<\/p>\n

Anisimova emerged on the professional scene as a teenage powerhouse who seemed fated for tennis greatness.<\/p>\n

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\n Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, center, waves as she stands alongside tennis legend Billie Jean King in the Royal Box on Centre Court ahead of the women’s singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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But a series of losses at major tournaments across the globe led to a 2023 decision.<\/p>\n

Citing burnout and mental health struggles, Anisimova announced an indefinite break from the sport that year. The American said she did not even touch a racket for several months.<\/p>\n

She only returned to the court professionally last year.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the final she said that, whatever the outcome, “it’s been such a privilege to compete here and to be in the final is just indescribable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iga \u015awi\u0105tek of Poland holds the trophy after winning the women’s singles final match against Amanda Anisimova of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-260344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114843286696478863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}