News Summary

• Amanda Anisimova was the first American woman to appear in the finals of Wimbledon since Serena Williams in 2019.
• She lost to Iga Świątek, the then-five-time Grand Slam champion, in just 57 minutes.
• The only other woman to endure a similar fate in an Open Era major final was Natasha Zvereva, who was steamrolled by Steffi Graf at the 1988 French Open.
• In the ’90s, star players like Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles, and Anna Kournikova barreled through popular culture like a freight train.