The galling nature of Anisimova’s defeat felt it would threaten how we come to recollect Swiatek’s crowning second. However the American battled via the tears in her on-court loser’s speech to reward the champion, to pressure a smile, even to crack a few jokes. Swiatek, she rightly stated, was a deserving champion. The 2018 junior Wimbledon champion has levelled up. She was highly effective, exact, marvellous all through.
