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\n\tLONDON: Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided women\u2019s Wimbledon final for 114 years to win her sixth Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n
The Polish eighth seed was in charge from the first point and wrapped up victory in just 57 minutes in a brutal display of precision hitting on Center Court.<\/p>\n
It is the first time a woman has won a final at Wimbledon without dropping a game since 1911, when Britain\u2019s Dorothea Lambert Chambers triumphed by the same scoreline.<\/p>\n
And Swiatek, 24, is just the second player in the Open era to win a major without losing a game in the final since Steffi Graf humbled Natalia Zvereva at the 1988 French Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems super surreal,\u201d said Swiatek, who is the first Wimbledon singles champion from Poland and has now won majors on all surfaces.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t even dream, for me it was way too far. I feel like I am already an experienced player after winning the Slams before but I never expected this one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year I really, really enjoyed it and feel I improved my form here.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am always going to remember the opening of champagne bottles between serves. It is a sound that will keep me awake at night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swiatek lost just one set during the entire tournament as she won her first trophy on grass, two weeks after reaching the final of the grass-court event at Bad Homburg.<\/p>\n
US 13th seed Anisimova was expected to prove a stern test after ousting world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, but Swiatek performed a demolition job.<\/p>\n
Anisimova made a nervous start in hot conditions on Center Court, with Catherine, Princess of Wales, watching from the Royal Box.<\/p>\n
She was broken in the first game, soon slipping 2-0 behind and the signs looked ominous.<\/p>\n
The American appeared to have found her feet in her next service game but the merciless Swiatek refused to give ground and recovered to move 3-0 ahead when Anisimova double-faulted.<\/p>\n
At 4-0 down Anisimova was facing a first-set wipe-out but she was powerless to halt the rampant Swiatek, who sealed the opener 6-0 in just 25 minutes.<\/p>\n
The American won just six points on her serve in the first set and committed 14 unforced errors.<\/p>\n
An increasingly desperate Anisimova could not stem the tide in the second set, double-faulting again in the third game to give her opponent game point and then netting a backhand.<\/p>\n
The crowd got behind her but to no avail as Swiatek kept up her level, serving out to win and celebrating before consoling her devastated opponent.<\/p>\n
Anisimova made 28 unforced errors in the 12 games.<\/p>\n
Swiatek is Wimbledon\u2019s eighth consecutive first-time women\u2019s champion since Serena Williams won her seventh and final title at the All England Club in 2016.<\/p>\n
She has won all six major finals in which she has competed.<\/p>\n
Swiatek, who now has 100 career Grand Slam match wins, has won the French Open four times and also the US Open, in 2022.<\/p>\n
Her previous best performance at Wimbledon was a run to the quarter-finals in 2023.<\/p>\n
The distraught Anisimova left court briefly before returning for the trophy presentation.<\/p>\n
The American, who lost in qualifying last year, broke down in tears again during her speech on court, calling Swiatek an \u201cincredible player.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I didn\u2019t have enough today but I\u2019ll keep putting in the work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI keep believing in myself and I hope to be back here one day. Thank you everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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