Tough to digest double bagel, but Amanda Anisimova takes positives despite Wimbledon final nightmare

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US player Amanda Anisimova wiping away tears after her Wimbledon final loss to Polands Iga Swiatek on July 12.

PHOTO: AFP

Summary

• Amanda Anisimova reached the Wimbledon final, her first Grand Slam final, after a double bagel win against Yulia Putintseva.
• In the final, Anisimova lost 6-0, 6-0 in 57 minutes. Only two other Grand Slam finals have ended this way.
• Despite the devastating loss, Anisimova focused on the positives, citing her fighting spirit and improved mental resilience.

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LONDON - There were two so-called “double bagels” at this year’s Wimbledon - the term used to describe a match ending 6-0 6-0 - and American Amanda Anisimova starred in both.

The first one launched the 23-year-old on the path to her first Grand Slam final as she thrashed Yulia Putintseva.

Sadly for her, she was on the receiving end of the second and it came at the worst possible time.

In front of a sweltering Centre Court crowd and millions of television viewers in the July 12 final, her hopes of winning the title evaporated in 57 cruel minutes as she was

put through the wringer

The only other time a Wimbledon singles final was decided by a 6-0 6-0 scoreline was in 1911 when Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat fellow British player Dora Boothby.

Before July 12, it had happened only once at any of the other Grand Slam finals, in 1988 when Steffi Graf demolished Natasha Zvereva in 34 minutes at the French Open.

At least Anisimova almost stretched