Iga Swiatek reveals why she showed no mercy to Amanda Anisimova in Wimbledon final demolition

Iga Swiatek has revealed she did not want to show "mercy" to Amanda Anisimova in their Wimbledon final clash as there was simply "too much at stake". Swiatek did not lose a single game as she beat Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to claim her first Wimbledon title.

It was the first time a women's final has seen that result since 1911, when Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Dora Boothby. Swiatek needed just 57 minutes to beat Anisimova and reflected on her dominance after the match.

"Do you really want to Wimbledon, you know? Like, if you do, then you're not gonna give any point for free," Swiatek said. "I saw many matches where, and I lost also some matches, I don't know, leading 5-2 or something, and then suddenly the momentum changes.

'I think on grass it can change completely. Trust me, if you're winning 6-0 5-0 and you will lose two games, you get tight, so you can't let that happen. You really need to be focused and this is what tennis is about, using every opportunity.

"Especially with a player like Amanda, I know she can play great on grass and she beat Aryna [Sabalenka]. I haven't watched that match but I assume that she played great and if she's able to do that, she can also repeat that.

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"So I can't let that happen. If I have an opportunity to win my point, I will do this. I would say I felt sometimes a bit of a kind of this 'mercy' feeling that you describe [in the past], but not today because it was a Grand Slam final, there was too much at stake."

Swiatek also admitted she could tell that Anisimova was feeling nervous, but refused to let that "get into my head". She added: "At the beginning, I saw that she was tense. And for sure, me being on the other side, I wanted to focus on myself and not let that get into my head, because it can be kind of distracting.

"You can start taking things for granted or expect that she's going to make mistakes or something, but you really need to be in your own process and in your own zone. So that's what I did.

"But yeah, for sure, I can only imagine what she felt in the match because it wasn't easy. I mean, playing a Grand Slam final is a lot of pressure. And she also must have felt a bit more fatigued after the semi-final.

"I had more time to rest a little bit. I mean, I had the time on the court, it's not easy. And I was a bit worried, but I've got to say, I wanted to win so bad that I kind of just did my job and that's it."

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