New York-Amanda Anisimova area Iga Swiateek 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open quarterfinals Wednesday, less than two months after losing the six-time Grand SLAM champion in the Wimbledon final with a 6-0 score.
The no. 8-class Anisimova reached its third major semi-final and first at Flushing Meadows.
“Coming back from Wimbledon is really special for me,” said Anisimova, a 24-year-old who was born in New Jersey and grew up in Florida. “I feel that I have worked so hard to try to turn. … Today is really special.”
The powerful strokes and balance that she showed in Arthur Ashe Stadium against No. 2 Swiateek – the US Open Champion 2022 – were such a striking contrast to what happened on July 12 at the Center Court of All England Club.
That title match lasted only 57 minutes, and Anisimova only managed to win 24 points that day, a total that she overshadowed halfway through the first set this time.
“Everyone knows how Amanda can play. Yes, she didn’t play well in Wimbledon,” said Swiateek, a 24-year-old from Poland, “but it is not as if she will always make the same mistakes or feel the same.”
Anisimova cried during her number two during the trophy ceremony in Wimbledon; On Wednesday she was completely smiling while she addressed thousands of supporting spectators who continued to interrupt her interview on the field with Cheers.
“Playing here is so incredibly special,” Anisimova told them, “and I had my life here.”
Anisimova will try to reach a second consecutive grand finale on Thursday. She will be confronted with four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka who Monday Coco Gauff eliminated-nadat the no. 23 Seed no. 11 Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-6 (3) defeated.
After a match against Swiatek in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, Anisimova might have been forgiven to think: “Oh, no. Not again.”
That is because Anisimova first served and was immediately broken when she lost three points in a row by missing Veerehands – one in the net, one wide, one long.
But Anisimova broke back immediately and soon the one who dictated points with her strong, flat foundations that eventually contributed to 23 total winners, 10 more than Swiatek collected. Anisimova also played neatly and only made 12 casual mistakes.
“She moved better, she played better,” said Swiatek and compare this game with that in Wimbledon. “Everything was different.”
The serve of Swiateek was problematic: she stopped only 50% of her first portions and was broken four times.
“I couldn’t win today’s game that played that way,” said Swiatek, “and was so aggressive with Amanda on the return.”
In the second set, Anisimova disappeared early again, this time 2-0. But she redoed herself again and quickly got the upper hand. Swiatek was the one who looked more and more frustrated, shook her head or sink into her shoulders, spread her arms wide and look at her coach for advice and leaned back in her switch chair as if she thought about what she could do differently.
When Swiatek was double in the second set to track 5-3, Anisimova left the victory.
“From the start I tried to fire myself,” said Anisimova. “She is one of the most difficult players I have ever played. I knew I should dig deep.”
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