Amanda Anisimova shook off the ghosts of Wimbledon by taking down No. 2 Iga Swiatek within the quarterfinals of the US Open on Wednesday. Swiatek not solely defeated Anisimova within the Wimbledon finals in July, however didn’t lose a single recreation on the largest stage within the sport in a match that lasted simply 57 minutes.
Wednesday’s rematch appeared early as if it might go a lot the identical means, with Swiatek rapidly scoring a break of Anisimova’s serve within the opening set. Reasonably than wilting to early misfortune, Anisimova battled again with a direct break earlier than ending the set with a break to win 6-4.
Swiatek’s frustration was seen heading into the second set and Anisimova took benefit by persevering with to bully Swiatek across the court docket with a robust forehand and a strong, constant serve after Swiatek once more opened the set with a break.
With Swiatek desperately needing to carry serve down 4-3 within the second set, Anisimova as an alternative scored the break to take management of the match and put the ball in her hand trying to shut issues out. And shut issues out she did, ending the match with a shot off the online tape that landed simply out of Swiatek’s attain for the set 6-3.
“I have been having the run of my life right here. The primary day I acquired right here, I used to be like, ‘OK, let’s attempt to get by way of one spherical,'” Anisimova mentioned after the match. “This has been such a dream. To come back again from Wimbledon like that’s actually particular to me.”
Anisimova scored 4 breaks to simply two for Swiatek, with a 29-23 benefit in receiving factors received. The opposite telling statistic for Anisimova was a 56% win proportion on her second serve, holding a lot stronger after first serves than Swiatek, who received simply 37% of her second serves.
Anisimova will now face the winner of No. 11 Karolina Muchova and No. 23 Naomi Osaka within the semifinals on Thursday.
