The Polish star dominated the Wimbledon final on Saturday, winning 6-0, 6-0 in just 57 minutes.
She now leads 6-0, 4-0 and is closing in on the Wimbledon title.
Swiatek is up 6-0, 3-0 in under 45 minutes. Anisimova had her chances in the most recent game, which took over seven minutes to finish. But Swiatek continues to roll.
Swiatek is now up 2-0 in the second set. Anisimova has made 17 unforced errors so far.
Swiatek breaks Anisimova again to take the first game of the second set. She’s up 1-0 and now will serve.
Swiatek cruised through the first set with ease, winning 27 points compared to only 9 for Amanda Anisimova.
She leads 5-0 after 21 minutes. She’ll now serve for a chance to win the first set 6-0.
In under 20 minutes, Swiatek has won the first four games of the Wimbledon final. Anisimova made 10 errors in that time.
Wow. Iga Swiatek has already won two break points and leads the first set 3-0.
Through three games, Anisimova has eight unforced errors compared to only two for Swiatek.
The winner of the first set has won 16 of the last 17 women’s Wimbledon finals, per the ESPN broadcast.
Iga Swiatek has made quick work of the first two games, losing only two points to Amanda Anisimova so far.
Swiatek made quick work of Anisimova in the opening game, surrendering only one point before breaking Anisimova. Swiatek is now serving up 1-0 in the first set.
…And the Wimbledon final is underway! Swiatek has already won the first two points.
We’re moments away from the Wimbledon final!
If Anisimova wins today, she will become the third American woman to win a Grand Slam this year, after Madison Keys won the Australian Open and Coco Gauff won the French.
Anisimova, at 23, is the youngest American woman to make the Wimbledon final since Serena Williams in 2004. (Williams, then 22, lost to Maria Sharapova.)
More comfortable on grass courts than ever, Iga Swiatek played as well as she ever has on the slick surface — well, better than ever, actually — to reach her first Wimbledon final by defeating Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 at Centre Court on Thursday.
“I never even dreamt that it’s going to be possible for me to play in the final,” said Swiatek, who has won five Grand Slam titles elsewhere and spent most of 2022, 2023 and 2024 at No. 1 in the WTA rankings.
Good as she is on clay courts, especially, and hard courts, too, Swiatek only once had been as far as the quarterfinals at Wimbledon until this week.
“I’m just super excited and just proud of myself,” the 24-year-old from Poland said after wrapping up the victory over Bencic in just 71 minutes. “Tennis keeps surprising me. I thought I lived through everything, even though I’m young. I thought I experienced everything on the court. But I didn’t experience playing well on grass. That’s the first time.”
Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend the Wimbledon women’s’ singles final between Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova today.
The Princess of Wales with AELTC chair Deborah Jevans on Day Thirteen Wimbledon Championship, on Saturday.John Walton / PA Images / Getty Images
A big tennis fan, Kate, 42, has been a fixture in the Royal Box for many years, often attending with her husband, Prince William, and other members of the royal family.
Last year, she attended the men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
Swiatek cruised to the finals by defeating Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 on Thursday.
The Polish star opts for rock ahead of her biggest matches, she told the crowd after winning in the semis.
NBC Sports’ Drew Dinsick gives his favorite plays for the Iga Swiatek vs. Amanda Anisimova match in the Wimbledon women’s final, evaluating the options with Swiatek as a favorite.
Amanda Anisimova, the 12th-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, advanced to the Wimbledon final by shocking top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals Thursday. If she defeats No. 8 Iga Swiatek on Saturday, she’ll capture her first Grand Slam title.
The accomplishment is even more improbable knowing Anisimova temporarily left the sport to focus on her mental health just two years ago.
“I’ve really been struggling with my mental health and burnout since the summer of 2022,” Anisimova wrote on social media on May 5, 2023. “It’s become unbearable being at tennis tournaments. At this point, my priority is my mental well-being and taking a break for some time. I’ve worked as hard as I could to push through it. I will miss being out there, and I appreciate all the continuous support.”
Anisimova returned to competitive play at the Auckland Open in January 2024 and has been slowly but surely climbing back up the ranks since.
