Amanda Anisimova broke down in tears after being humbled 6-0, 6-0 by Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon women's singles final on Saturday, which lasted just 57 minutes. She reached her maiden Grand Slam final, but it turned out to be a moment to forget for the 23-year-old American. It was Swiatek's sixth Grand Slam title and her first at Wimbledon. She is the first woman to win a Wimbledon final by that scoreline since Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat Dora Boothby in 1911.

While Swiatek was a dominant player in the final, Anisimova also pointed to issues with fatigue after making a rare appearance in the second week of a Grand Slam. Her previous best was a semifinal finish at the French Open way back in 2019, but she went on a career-best run at the All England Club by appearing in her first Grand Slam final.

After her defeat in the final, Anisimova said the issues with fatigue took her down even before the match had even started. "I didn't practice yesterday. I think that I was just really fatigued. I could feel it also in my warm-up this morning. I mean, I had to take a break after every single rally out there in my warm-up. To be able to last two weeks in a Grand Slam is definitely something that you need to work a lot on. It's not an easy feat. It's been a long season. It's just a feeling I had. I knew that was kind of a red flag."

As she struggled to resist tears while paying tribute to her family, she said, “I was just trying to hold it together,” Anisimova admitted. She was visibly upset as the match went on and the double-bagel became inevitable. Anisimova briefly left the court at the end of the final and returned for the trophy presentation, and she finally let the tears flow when she started opening up.

"Yes, I mean, I was getting so overwhelmed with emotion. I think I was just trying to hold it together, honestly," said the Wimbledon runner-up. “It was such a big moment. I was trying to remind myself, like, this is an incredible moment, to not try and let that go and get overwhelmed by all the feelings I was feeling. So I tried to keep it together and swallow all the tears and just speak from my heart, really. There were a lot of things that I wanted to say. I felt like my speech was pretty long," she added.

“But yes, I just wanted to really take advantage of the moment that I had and try and forget what had just transpired the previous hour and just kind of acknowledge everything that I've done the last two weeks and all the people that have helped me get there," she said.

Anisimova broke down again during the speech when she expressed her gratitude to her mother, who jetted to London on Saturday morning to watch her daughter play in the Wimbledon final. "Yes, I mean, my mum has sacrificed so much. That was why I was getting so emotional, because she's literally done everything she can and more to get me to this point in my life,” the world No. 12 said. “Same goes for my sister. She would do anything for her kids. Yeah, as I was saying, she's literally the most selfless person that I'll ever meet.

“Yes, I'm a very lucky daughter to have her in my life. Yeah, I was just trying to credit her as much as I could because, for sure, I would not be in the position I'm in if it wasn't for my mum. “Yeah, she just means the world to me and more. Yeah, I couldn't keep it together in that moment," she said.