Quote from: aoluain on July 14, 2025, 09:44:47 AM

Quote from: mandown on July 14, 2025, 06:01:54 AM

Swiatek made history with her 2-0 victory in the final. She became the first tennis player in Wimbledon history to win a final match 6-0 without giving up a single game.
Previously, Steffi Graf had won the final match 2-0 at the Rolland Garos, and she also didn't give up a single game.
While it was a happiest day for Swiatek, it was also a saddest day for Anisimova. She had made it to the final well, but she can't easily forget this devastating loss. She, too, became a part of this history.

Yea it was such a whirlwind match for Anisimova, it was all done and dusted in around an hour.
She will definitely be looking back at that and wrecking her brain over and back on why she didnt
perform better but it just comes down to experience really and/or how you deal with it on the day.

Compare that to Emma Raducanu and Leyla Fernandez, two newbies contesting the US open final
in 2021, it was two sets but each player was able to score against each other, they both dealt with
the occasion better then than Anisimove did at the weekend.

I would say a lot of bets got burned with her loss to Swiatek.

I believe that people do not realize how much the schedule and the mental aspect kill you in these big finals. Anisimova's problem was not just experience. She was literally playing on fumes after all those three-setters and she even said it was a red flag during her warm-up. It is about your legs and brain not working together and no coach can do it in a night.

Swiatek had her own demons - came off a doping ban, dealt with harsh press in Poland, dropped down the rankings, changed her whole camp. But instead of collapsing, she went full process mode, reworked her grass game, and found freedom by not obsessing about the result. But can you block out the circus and stick to the plan?

Most of the money was still on Swiatek, but the sheer volume of small bets chasing the underdog dream just shows how narratives override logic. For Anisimova, she can either let this become a Zvereva situation, haunted by the double-bagel, or use the pain to level up. The most painful loss is the one that prepares you to become a true success.