Get the latest Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles final coverage as U.S. contender Amanda Anisimova squares off against Poland’s Iga Świątek.

It was billed as the Wimbledon women’s final that no one expected, it finished as a match that American rising star Amanda Anisimova will want to forget.

The American No. 13 seed did not shrink from her duel with Sabalenka on Centre Court, going after her shots at all times.

Temperatures reached 84 degrees at Wimbledon, with many fans sitting directly in the sun. The brief pauses in action distracted from what was an excellent first set. Both Sabalenka and Anisimova traded games early before Anisimova broke through to pick up an early 6-4 win.

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.

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.