Iga Świątek of Poland holds the trophy after profitable the ladies’s singles closing match in opposition to Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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The Wimbledon girls’s closing got here to an abrupt shut on Saturday as Poland’s Iga Świątek delivered a swift, crushing defeat in opposition to American participant Amanda Anisimova.
Świątek, 24, took an early lead within the competitors, and continued at a punishing tempo to safe a 6-0, 6-0 win in lower than an hour of gameplay.
It was solely the second time within the Open period that the Wimbledon title has been gained with a double bagel — which is when a two-set match ends with one participant profitable each sport.
Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. reacts after dropping the ladies’s singles closing match in opposition to Iga Swiatek of Poland on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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Kate, the Princess of Wales, who didn’t attend final 12 months’s match as she was recovering from most cancers, handed Świątek the trophy.
Świątek is Poland’s first single’s champion on the prestigious match.
In remarks after her historic victory, which she known as “tremendous surreal,” Świątek praised 23-year-old Anisimova.
“I wish to congratulate Amanda for, you recognize, wonderful two weeks anyway, it doesn’t matter what occurred at the moment,” she mentioned. “You have to be pleased with the work you are doing, and I hope we will play many extra finals right here.”
Anisimova was the primary U.S. girl to succeed in the Wimbledon closing since Serena Williams in 2019.
Spectators have been curious to see how she would carry out in London this 12 months after a bumpy few years in her tennis profession.
Anisimova emerged on the skilled scene as a teenage powerhouse who appeared fated for tennis greatness.
Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, middle, waves as she stands alongside tennis legend Billie Jean King within the Royal Field on Centre Court docket forward of the ladies’s singles closing on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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However a sequence of losses at main tournaments throughout the globe led to a 2023 determination.
Citing burnout and psychological well being struggles, Anisimova introduced an indefinite break from the game that 12 months. The American mentioned she didn’t even contact a racket for a number of months.
She solely returned to the court docket professionally final 12 months.
Forward of the ultimate she mentioned that, regardless of the end result, “it has been such a privilege to compete right here and to be within the closing is simply indescribable.”
