Swiatek loses the first point by clipping the tape on the top of the net with a cross-court forehand, and finds herself 0-30 down as Samsonova backs up a deep return with a thunderous cross-court ...

Beyond the baseline with a simple-enough forehand from Swiatek, so that’s 0-15, but Anisimova then hits a net shot into the tramlines on approach, so it’s 15-15.

A double fault conceded another. 3-0. When Swiatek served at 5-0, 3-0 Anisimova played her first decent point of the match, bringing Swiatek in with a drop shot and then hammering the ball at her.

Swiatek -- the first Polish player to win Wimbledon -- topped Anisimova 3-0 in aces, and 10-8 in winners, and totaled just 11 unforced errors compared to 28 for her foe.

It would have been easy for Świątek to lose her focus. But she held from 0-30 down, helped by a pair of forehand winners, and after holding for 6-5 pinched the set and the match with a 10th ...

Iga Swiatek vs. Belinda Bencic How do Swiatek and Bencic match up on grass? Pretty well, judging by the last time they played at Wimbledon. That was two years ago, in the fourth round, and the ...

It’s safe to say nobody predicted this line-up for the 2025 Wimbledon final: Iga Swiatek is the queen of clay, a four-time champion of Roland Garros who had never got to grips with grass, until ...