Wimbledon Women's Final 2025: Amanda Anisimova vs Iga Swiatek

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:12PM, Jumping-cuckoo-monk wrote:

Is that lady still about who consoled Novotna?Wheel her out. Coffin and all

Duchess of Kent, retired from cry on shoulder duties

Now for your speech amanda

mesmerised
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This is why I don't think Anisimova's brute force and power is really going to be a deciding factor, the match is on Iga's racquet, and going by form and confidence, I can't see her losing to Amanda here on Saturday[/b]. AA done well to get past Saba but I'm starting to wonder if Sabalenka's shoulder injury from last year where she missed Wimbledon has meant her serve is not as effective anymore, even if she went on to win the US Open last year, she did it avoiding Iga, Ryba and Guaff and was sub 1.3 for every match. Incidentally, I was recommended a video to watch on youtube yesterday of her suffering the yips in Adelaide in 2023 against Peterson, that was a bizarre and sad watch, umpire thought she was tanking.

It's a fairytale story for Amanda but I think it ends as runner up and probably in straights.

Kind Regards.


thank you and good night

No, thank you!

At least she managed to get the match to last 57 minutes.
Steffi won 6-0 6-0 in 34 minutes

Poor Amanda, that was brutal as she played so soo badly

Probably get out  done tomorrow by sinners elbow breaking down after the first serve

Annabelle Croft asking for appreciation for the chair umpire....and then showing she couldn't be bothered to remotely learn the pronounciation of said chair umpire's name.

now she made Amanda cry

Amanda was tempted to launch the tray frisbee like into the crowd

We've got loads of time

Wheel out Cliff Richard!

That would be harsh: "We have two hours to fill, you need to speak for 1 hr now, miss Anisimova!".

For such a big supporter of women's tennis & sport in general, this is a massive slap in the face.
At this level, you have to bring at least your B game to the table.
An absolute beat down, a total embarrassment.

Iga must be closing in on the number of double bagels dished out in her career if she doesn't hold it already

Mom flew in just for this

She should actually open a real bakery in Krakow. Just sell bagels and breadsticks in packets of two.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:18PM, Wesdag wrote:

For such a big supporter of women's tennis & sport in general, this is a massive slap in the face.At this level, you have to bring at least your B game to the table.An absolute beat down, a total embarrassment.

You know what I've loved most about my conversation with Brits on here? You guys have such a huge, incomparable knack for being overtly Dramatic Darrens.

Is Iga a machine? I only watch part time. Can she be undisputed queen of the tramnlines?

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:21PM, Journeyman wrote:

She should actually open a real bakery in Krakow. Just sell bagels and breadsticks in packets of two.

Not a bad idea.

I've had ovens on for longer than this match

edy, so it was a great spectacle for the women's game?

til I got into air fryers

edy being racist again. please try and kerb it. god knows why the german has it in for us. dont mention it

No, Wesdag, but it is obviously not the most scandalou day in the history of women's tennis and absolutely total embarrassing scenes that should see to Anisimova retiring on the spot.

Who did Graf beat 6-0 6-0? I was thinking Iga making history and now I wish the yank had won a game.

use google

I already posted above, it was Zvereva

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:25PM, edy wrote:

No, Wesdag, but it is obviously not the most scandalou day in the history of women's tennis and absolutely total embarrassing scenes that should see to Anisimova retiring on the spot.

A double bagel in the biggest slam?
Ok.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:23PM, Jumping-cuckoo-monk wrote:

Is Iga a machine? I only watch part time. Can she be undisputed queen of the tramnlines?

Pegula showed how she can be beaten. Move well, hit big and accurately. Going to take a big performance to beat her. We won't see 12-14 on her at tournament start again sadly !

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:18PM, Wesdag wrote:

For such a big supporter of women's tennis & sport in general, this is a massive slap in the face.At this level, you have to bring at least your B game to the table.An absolute beat down, a total embarrassment.

It's not an embarrassment, it's sad.

It's not a great advertisement though for sure when it's this one sided with one player playing atrociously. Amanda played the stuff she did to lose in qualifiers here last year.

Us Iga outright backers were lucky as she never faced a lights out Saba, Coco, Ryba, Jess, Keys performance. She never even faced them.

The scoreline is embarrassing, so is the peformance, can't get away from that.

But casuals will think this is the real gulf between the two, it isn't.

Amanda was a rabbit caught in the headlights, she froze and player several dozen notches below her level.

Ostapenko shows us how to Iga more than Jessica Money Bags Pegula

I will have you know Jessie From the Block still rides the subway everywhere.

Angela you've been banging Anisimova's drum since round 2, saying her star will shine bright

Time will tell if that's her legacy or just the first part of her legacy.
The Lisicki story that never recovers or the Novotna story where after the horror final the eventual taste of victory tastes all the sweeter.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:30PM, Wesdag wrote:

Jul 12, 2025 --  5:25PM, edy wrote:No, Wesdag, but it is obviously not the most scandalou day in the history of women's tennis and absolutely total embarrassing scenes that should see to Anisimova retiring on the spot.A double bagel in the biggest slam? Ok.

Well, there've been occasions where quite prominent players e.g. got themselves defaulted in finals for threatening to shove balls down the throats of line judges.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:10PM, mesmerised wrote:

Federer said the reason he lost the 08 Wimbledon final was because he was scared by the 08 French final after being battered and bagelled there, one of the reasons I never liked him made excuses for biggest losses, like saying he was the better player in the 09 US Open final against Delpo, when you can't be when you've lost, it's not football where you can dominate for 90 minutes and lose.

correct mes. worst example of that for me was when he lost to millman at the us open. massive gubbing and he blamed humidity for it.

I could use google Wes but then i wouldnt get to have a convo with you lovely lot would I?

Well put ,Journeyman ,very eloquent ,you ever thought of journalism or creative writing ?

it's impressive Baldwin and Co are making a big after show about this match, they should quietly close the curtain with Buggs Bunny appearing with the message 'that's all folks'.

And I hope we can agree that it was wise from Federer to not retire on the spot from the total embarrassment Nadal put on him and men's tennis in 2008.

Thanks snowy Family have suggested that actually

Creative writing will probably be replaced by AI slop soon.

Amanda should be full of pride. Failed to qualify last year and deserved runner up this year. Very likely would have been beaten even if she bought her B+ game. Pleased she has her family around her as today will take a huge toll on her.

Would have loved to have seen Saba vs Iga. Would have been a very interesting match.

Federer used to tank sets when he couldnt win the set, especially against great players. No pint killing yourself for lost causes

Helped with his longevity

Probably what the girl did today.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:38PM, edy wrote:

And I hope we can agree that it was wise from Federer to not retire on the spot from the total embarrassment Nadal put on him and men's tennis in 2008.

Fed at least won 4 games v the greatest ever player on clay.
I doubt Swiatek will be in the top 20 on grass.

RMB ignoring having been pulled up by the aftertiming police force

what is she telling Swiantek "Look there's your name , don't tell your opponent, but we put that up 2 hours ago."

I know some don't like these kind of finals, but I really like the fact of watching some history, with such a rare 6-0 6-0 match at this level.

Iga is a great tennis player, and was not going to let Amanda have crucial points to settle, even when she threatened to start hitting good shots.

A little bit of history.

stu, swiatek is bang ave on grass

Everybody is bang average on grass because players can't be bothered to really learn to play on the surface.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:42PM, Journeyman wrote:

RMB ignoring having been pulled up by the aftertiming police force

What's happened?!

it wasn't grass she was playing on FFS

edy, Well that makes a double bagel even more embarrassing

The girl had better hope she's stopped growing otherwise she'll make Halep pre-op look like Kate Moss.
To help with her mobility she might have to do the bad thing.
Shame

Putintseva still won't announce her retirement though.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:45PM, mesmerised wrote:

it wasn't grass she was playing on FFS

What's the surface these days at Wimbers?
They gone the same route as USA & Aus?

bang average is enough to win if you keep the ball in play. muppets like saba and amanda today show that. why bother with the hard work of hitting winners when you can just keep hitting the ball over the net and have your opponent win all the points for you. thats absolutely what gauff did against saba in the fo final and saba said as much afterwards. got hammered for it but it was the absolute truth

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:43PM, stu wrote:

I know some don't like these kind of finals, but I really like the fact of watching some history, with such a rare 6-0 6-0 match at this level.Iga is a great tennis player, and was not going to let Amanda have crucial points to settle, even when she threatened to start hitting good shots.A little bit of history.

I don't like these results, because close matches are better for my betting
At the end I think they add to a player's legacy even more than it hurts the other player. We are still talking about Graf double bagelling an opponent in a final 37 years ago, Rafa bagelling Rafa in 2008, Roger schooling quality players like Del Potro and Murray in Melbourne and Novak schooling Rafa at the same tournament.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:39PM, Journeyman wrote:

Thanks snowy  Family have suggested that actually

Try your best for Uncle Jonas.

Is Swontek's drug use on a lower level or less serious than Halep or Sharapova?

it wasn't playing the way grass normally plays because of the heat the last two weeks, combined with Iga standing further back than usual, no doubt a tactic deployed by Fissette, to give her more time to return balls, as highlighted by Austin earlier on, amongst other things, like taking the ball on the bounce rather than running round her forehands to return balls.

No reason why she can't go on and win the US Open as well now. Saba is fav but I'm not having that, don't think her serve is as potent as it was pre shoulder injury, though don't know what the stats say to back that up.

I like Andreeva's chances, she will win a slam eventually no doubt

Even Raducanu is showing signs she can get back to a very high level, but Petchy might be busy with commentary duties to coach her full time.

What's happened?!

Detective sergeant mes noting you'd rather skillfully been riding the Iga and Amanda ponies around the tent!

Raducanu is going to get back to the top ten if she can keep working on her conditioning. Great news for Brit tennis.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:56PM, Journeyman wrote:

Raducanu is going to get back to the top ten if she can keep working on her conditioning. Great news for Brit tennis.

If doing a lot of heavy lifting here - literally.
This girl is far too week to get to win another slam.

She couldn't sustain her level past 1.5 sets. True, but that level was darn high!
Work at it, increase that to 1.7 sets then 1.8 sets etc

British women's tennis might have a golden age ahead of it indeed, by its normal standards, with Boulter and Raducanu still hopefully having many good years ahead of them and then the potential addition of Klugman, Mimi Xu and Stojsavljevic to the main tour.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 5:55PM, Journeyman wrote:

What's happened?!Detective sergeant mes noting you'd rather skillfully been riding the Iga and Amanda ponies around the tent!

Always like to have a few ponies around the tent on the women's side of the draw !

Can we have a day without talking about ponies, please?

Do we have a short shamer amongst our midst?

A shame they don't have the final to follow the woman's non event.
At least the mugs there would get their money's worth.

*men's final

They got to witness two pieces of history today. First an all-British doubles pairing won the men's doubles in nearly a century and then they witnessed the first double bagel in a final at Wimbledon.

*for the first time in nearly a century

And first double bagel in the open era of course. There was previous before the open era.

Stu, in case you didn't see it in the thread, you got this right and I got it completely wrong.
I would never have predicted Amanda being double bagelled in a slam final by a player having her worst year since 2021 on her worst surface.

On the plus side, caramba hope you're noting lots of different posters when you run match threads instead of the megathread

Cheers JM, but as I said before at least you were putting in a view and prediction before the match, and against the more obvious outcome to predict. No shame getting those wrong, we all will do in future.

I am pleased my view of Iga's mental strength turned out correct though, must admit. She is a very tough tennis player mentally, and used that ruthlessly here in particular with the drive to hit a target she'd failed at previously. Losing just 2 games in semi and final together is fairly awesome to achieve at this level.

Jul 12, 2025 -- 6:18PM, Journeyman wrote:

On the plus side, caramba hope you're noting lots of different posters when you run match threads instead of the megathread

Happy to do them from SF and onwards when there's only one match going on at the same time. They will probably be more active at Wimbledon than other Slams due to this being a British forum, but we can try the same for US Open and see how it goes.

Caramba also doesn't have the exclusive right to open threads.

True

But we like that he does

Agreed. It's like saying the hill isn't technically Henman's. It could be Murray's mound or Raducanu's ridge!
It's not though. It's Henman hill and will always be Henman hill.

Was this the easiest Slam run since Emma Raducanu?
Iga played 3 seeds, the 13th, 19th and 23rd.

Probably the easiest since Barty won the Aussie Open in 2022

She played 3 seeds, 21, 27, 30
And didn't play a single player ranked inside the Top 20
Raducanu at least played a couple of players ranked inside the top 20.

Fair points, though she didn't just 'beat' her last two opponents here - she massacred them, let's not forget also

Rafa clearly seeing positives ahead on Anisimova's rocky road

Rafa Nadal@RafaelNadal
Be proud, @AnisimovaAmanda! Grand Slam finalist!

Jul 12, 2025 -- 7:08PM, Journeyman wrote:

Agreed. It's like saying the hill isn't technically Henman's. It could be Murray's mound or Raducanu's ridge!It's not though. It's Henman hill and will always be Henman hill.

You're saying I'm Sue Barker and if anyone else starts the match threads they will get the Clare Balding treatment?

classic self-deprecating Iga
https://x.com/Diego_Barbiani/status/1942948567460590063

Hmm...this page doesn’t exist. Try searching for something else.

Caramba's link works for me.

Jul 13, 2025 -- 3:19PM, Journeyman wrote:

Rafa clearly seeing positives ahead on Anisimova's rocky roadRafa Nadal@RafaelNadalBe proud, @AnisimovaAmanda! Grand Slam finalist!

everytime I see a Rafa tweet, I can't help but think of this.
https://x.com/anaivanovic/status/371112644926664704

He will have had his Spanish sweetheart behind his back with a knife to make sure he doesn't get too flirty.