Iga Swiatek sent a touching message to Amanda Anisimova after demolishing the American 6-0 6-0 in Saturday’s Wimbledon final. The No. 8 seed stormed through in 57 minutes to win her sixth Grand Slam title and her first at SW19, and shared some words of support to her rival.
Anisimova has enjoyed an impressive grass-court season, also reaching the final at Queen’s and the quarters in Berlin. But her time on the surface came to a disappointing end when she suffered a double-bagel defeat – the first in Open Era history – in the championship match at Wimbledon, and then broke down during her own speech.
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