Wimbledon, Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova
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After winning the point, Anisimova raised her left arm in the air in celebration. Meanwhile, as the two players changed sides, the ESPN broadcast showed an irked Sabalenka asking Anisimova why she "didn't say sorry" after her winner clipped the net. Broadcasters Chris Fowler and Chris Evert even made note to point it out.
AMERICAN AMANDA ANISIMOVA reached her first Wimbledon semi-final with a 6-1, 7-6 (11/9) victory over Russian world number 50 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday. Anisimova, seeded 13th, saved five set points in a dramatic second set on Court One before finally sealing the win at the fourth time of asking.
Aryna Sabalenka grabbed the last three games to reach the Wimbledon semifinals by overcoming 104th-ranked Laura Siegemund on Tuesday.
American Amanda Anisimova, who beat world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to get to the Final, faces 5-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon on July 12. Ava Wallace, reporting from Wimbledon, describes how the two players’s differing strengths playing on grass could determine the outcome.
As if there were any doubt whether Aryna Sabalenka's loss in the Wimbledon semifinals on Thursday brought to mind her loss in the French Open final — and
Amanda Anisimova was doing her best to avoid thinking about Wimbledon after failing to qualify for the main draw. Now she has a final to prepare for.