Poland’s Iga Swiatek celebrates with the trophy after beating Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. to win the ladies’s singles remaining on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 12, 2025.
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Iga Swiatek arrives on the U.S. Open along with her sights set on a seventh Grand Slam title and a possible return to world primary to cap what she calls a exceptional 12 months of redemption following “the worst expertise of my life”.
The 24-year-old Polish world quantity two has endured a rollercoaster 2025 marketing campaign that started underneath the shadow of a doping ban however was remodeled by her beautiful Wimbledon breakthrough.
Swiatek’s journey to Flushing Meadows has been something however clean.
After her exit finally 12 months’s U.S. Open in opposition to Jessica Pegula within the quarters, she was hit with a one-month ban after an inadvertent doping violation linked to contaminated sleep medicine.
Desirous to regain her health, she began the 12 months with promise, however rapidly encountered turbulence.
She tumbled out of the semi-finals on the Australian Open to Madison Keys, at Indian Wells to Mirra Andreeva and on the French Open to world primary Aryna Sabalenka – lacking out on a fourth consecutive Roland Garros crown.
However Swiatek’s comeback story started at Wimbledon in July, the place she delivered some of the dominant Grand Slam remaining performances in current reminiscence.
She demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 to say her maiden grasscourt main with a powerful ‘double bagel’, the primary in a significant title conflict since 1988.
The victory additionally made her the eighth girl within the Open Period to win main singles titles on all three surfaces.
Swiatek maintained that momentum by claiming her first Cincinnati Open title on Monday, defeating Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-4 with out dropping a set all through the match.
“I am pleased with the work we have been doing and the method. I am participant. I can play on any floor,” she stated after securing her eleventh WTA 1000 title, second solely to Serena Williams’ 23.
Having gained the U.S. Open in 2022, Swiatek returns to New York along with her confidence restored and her highly effective groundstrokes primed for one more assault on American laborious courts.
Printed – August 22, 2025 02:56 am IST
