
Swiatek destroys Anisimova in first Wimbledon win
Iga Swiatek wins her first Wimbledon title. Photo: Reuters
Swiatek celebrates after winning the women's singles. Photo: Reuters
Britain's Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash win the men's doubles. Photo: Reuters
Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided women's Wimbledon final for 114 years to win her sixth Grand Slam title.
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 Centre Court.
It is the first time a woman has won a final at Wimbledon without dropping a game since 1911, when Britain's Dorothea Lambert Chambers triumphed by the same scoreline.
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.
"It seems super surreal," said Swiatek, who is the first Wimbledon singles champion from Poland and has now won majors on all surfaces.
"I didn't 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."
In the men's doubles, fifth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool capped their dream summer with the Wimbledon crown and first Grand Slam title as a pair.
The British team downed Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2 7-6(3).
They have become the first all-British pairing to win the All England Club trophy since 1936, when Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey defeated their compatriots Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final.
"It sounds incredible. We've had a Brit win it last year (Henry Patten), the year before that (Neal Skupski) so I didn't think too much of it, but now we needed to give you two so we did our best," said Glasspool. (AFP)
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