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Iga Świątek is roughly one year removed from being the No. 1 women’s player in the world. She’s now a Wimbledon champion. The No. 8 seed looked every bit like a top-ranked player in a dominant victory over No. 13 Amanda Anisimova in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. The match took just over an hour to complete while Świątek did not …

If Swiatek had not already proved she should be ranked among the greats of the game, she has certainly done so now. Mastering a surface considered her weakest – even though she won the Wimbledon junior title in 2018 – has added further credence to her case. Swiatek has become the youngest woman since 23-time champion Serena Williams in 2002 …

Jul 12, 2025, 12:08 PM ET Iga Swiatek needed just 57 minutes to earn her first Wimbledon title and sixth major championship, overwhelming American Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 on Saturday in the women’s final. It was only the third double bagel to happen in a women’s major final all time, and first since 1988, when Steffi Graf defeated Natasha Zvereva …

LONDON (AP) — Iga Swiatek has taken the first set of the women’s Wimbledon final against Amanda Anisimova 6-0. Swiatek broke her American opponent in the opening game and added two more breaks to clinch the set in 25 minutes. Kate, the Princess of Wales, was sitting in the Royal Box and was scheduled to take part in the trophy …

American Amanda Anisimova stunned the Wimbledon crowd when she defeated world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals this week, and now she’ll enter her first Grand Slam final, pitted against Iga Swiatek of Poland. Swiatek, a former No. 1 herself, has won four titles at the French Open and one at the U.S. Open; she’s playing on Saturday for …

There will be a first-time winner of the Wimbledon women’s title on Saturday after Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova reached the final. Swiatek was calmness personified as she swept aside Belinda Bencic in a 6-2, 6-0 victory that lasted just 72 minutes. Advertisement In contrast, her opponent Anisimova stunned world No 1 and title favourite Aryna Sabalenka in a dramatic …