By Ros Satar, Britwatch Sports at Wimbledon
- Iga Swiatek [8] def. Amanda Anisimova [13] 6-0 6-0
- Swiatek hopes that Polish media will let her and her team do what they do best
LONDON, ENGLAND – Iga Swiatek is now 6-0 in Slam finals after storming to a statement win after a period of ups and downs.
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Iga Swiatek [8] def. Amanda Anisimova [13] 6-0 6-0
In a statistic that no-one wanted to see, Poland’s Iga Swiatek delivered the first ‘double bagel’ scoreline since Dorothea Lambert Chambers in 1911. Motoring through the famous walkway to the court, Swiatek powered her way onto the court, and through every game.
From the first game, Amanda Anisimova just missed the mark – her game being smothered by Swiatek’s pace and precision. The first set shot by in no time at all, and by the second, the best the crowd, trying to lift Anisimova at every turn, was that the match would last an hour.
There were only three occasions that Anisimova was able to get the games to deuce, as she seemed crippled with nerves.
57 minutes later it was all over.
ALSO SEE: LINK TO ANISIMOVA QUOTES
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‘My process, my life, my career’
It has been a turbulent time for Swiatek. A doping suspension tarnished the image of the quirky Pole. Despite decent enough runs in tournaments, occasional quick losses chipped at her aura of invincibility dating back to her impossible run in 2022 where she won six finals in a row from Doha to the French Open and then backed that up with also claiming the US Open.
Swiatek had spoken many times of working with her sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz at a time when perhaps young players would not admit the need to do so. However, her message to Polish media was clear at their apparent criticism of her and her team’s working methods.
She said: “The past months, how the media sometimes describe me, and I got to say unfortunately Polish media, how they treated me and my team, it wasn’t really pleasant. I hope they will just leave me alone and let me do my job because obviously you can see that we know what we are doing, and I have the best people around me.
“I have already proved a lot. I know people want more and more, but it’s my own process and my own life and my own career. Hopefully I’m going to have a freedom from them, as well, to let me do my job the way I want it.”
The former Junior Wimbledon winner has always been low-key about the grass but she joins a long and distinguished line of players who have won junior Wimbledon on their way to the main title, including fellow WTA players Martina Hingis, Amelie Mauresmo and most recently until today, Ashleigh Barty.
“Especially after a season with a lot of ups and downs and a lot of expectations from the outside that I didn’t really match winning Wimbledon. It’s something that is just surreal. I feel like tennis keeps surprising me, and I keep surprising myself.
“I’m really happy with the whole process, how it looked like from the first day we stepped on a grass court. I feel like we did everything for it to go in that direction without expecting it, just working really hard. It means a lot, and it gives me a lot of experience. I’m just happy (smiling).”
Perhaps the level of expectation on her shoulders, especially from Polish media, came from winning as a junior seven years ago.
“Even if finally no one was telling me to win everything, so coming here, yeah, as I said at the beginning, I could really focus on getting better and developing as a player rather than everybody just asking me to win, win, and nothing is good besides winning.
“Even if it was too big of a story, I kind of enjoyed that because expectations were a bit lower.”
Swiatek is next scheduled to play in the WTA 1000 Montreal.
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