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Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will be Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion

Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will be Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion

Washington Post5 days ago
LONDON — Either Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will leave the All England Club's grass courts as Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion.
Why has there been such a revolving door? Chris Evert has some thoughts about various elements that, as she put it ahead of Saturday's final, 'make it difficult to feel completely secure and confident on this elusive surface.'
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