There will be a new Wimbledon champion in the women’s singles division for the eighth straight year after Barbora Krejcikova lost in the third round against Emma Navarro. Navarro lost to Mirra Andreeva in the fourth round, and Andreeva lost to Belinda Bencic in the quarter-finals.
Bencic lost to Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals, and the Polish international has advanced to the final round, where she’ll face Amanda Anisimova, who also went through a gauntlet to make it this far for the first time in her young tennis career. Swiatek and Anisimova will convene at Centre Court later to battle for all the marbles.
Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka, whom Anisimova defeated in the semi-final, became the first player to clinch her spot in the WTA Finals in Riyadh this November, despite not having won any Grand Slams this season.
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Swiatek breaks new ground after beating Bencic
Iga Swiatek’s career-best grass-court season has reached new heights, as she’s into the Wimbledon final for the first time in her career. The world No. 4 is coming off a 6-2, 6-0 win over Belinda Bencic on Thursday, where it only took her one hour and 12 minutes to secure the victory.
Swiatek’s powerful forehand was on full display against Bencic, which helped her get off to a brisk start. Everything was going her way, as Bencic never threatened her. Bencic earned her only break points of the day in the opening game of the second set, but Swiatek wasn’t broken, and she reeled off the last eight games to complete the wire-to-wire win. The Polish international notched 26 winners to Bencic’s 11. She also won 83-per cent of her first-serve points and was a perfect 6-for-6 when she charged to the net for points.
She will fancy her chances against Amanda Anisimova because Swiatek boasts a 5-0 record in Grand Slam singles finals, which led to four titles at Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024) and one at the 2022 US Open. This is her second final on grass courts this year after losing to Jessica Pegula at the Bad Homburg Open last month. Swiatek hasn’t won a title since last year’s French Open, so she’s determined to end her trophy drought.
Anisimova reaches first career Grand Slam final
Before qualifying for this year’s Wimbledon final, the farthest Amanda Anisimova had been through was the Roland Garros semi-finals in 2019, so you could just imagine how happy she is to be here for the first time in her career.
The world No. 12 defied the Wimbledon 2025 odds with a massive 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 upset over world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka last Thursday in a semi-finals match that lasted nearly three hours for her sixth career win against a Top 5 opponent and first against a reigning top-ranked WTA player. Anisimova also became the first American born in the 21st century to reach the Wimbledon final.
Anisimova and Sabalenka exchanged blows at the beginning as both players faced multiple break points, and both came through unscathed during the opener. There was only one service break in each of the first two sets, and both conceded on a double fault.
During a pivotal game in the second set, Anismova fended off four set points by rebuffing Sabalenka’s powerful strikes. However, Sabalenka closed out the second set and immediately broke Anisimova to open the third.
Anisimova broke back immediately and moved up to 3-1 after Sabalenka’s forehand went over the baseline. The 23-year-old eventually held on by scoring a forehand winner to convert her fourth match point, as Sabalenka had several crucial errors.
Sabalenka clinches spot in upcoming WTA Final
The loss against Amanda Anisimova should only motivate Aryna Sabalenka in the upcoming competitions. After last Thursday’s defeat, the Belarusian fell to 0-3 in the Wimbledon semi-finals, following her losses to Karolina Pliskova in 2021 and Ons Jabeur in 2023.
“Still a lot of things to be proud of. This experience shows that next year I’m only hungrier and angrier. These tough defeats help me to come back much stronger. I have huge hopes for the next year,” Sabalenka said.
Because of her outstanding first half of the season, with three titles from seven finals, 45 wins, and amassing over 6,500 points, Sabalenka remains the top-ranked player in the world. The WTA recently announced that she is the first player to qualify for the 2025 WTA Finals, marking her fifth consecutive appearance in the year-ending event. Her best result at the WTA Finals was a runner-up finish in 2022, in addition to two semi-final appearances in 2023 and 2024.
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