Anisimova, Wimbledon and Swiatek
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The women's singles final is set at The Championships. Iga Świątek will take on American hopeful Amanda Anisimova on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Saturday at 4 p.m. BST local time, which is 11 a.m. ET or 8 a.m. PT.
If Anisimova can win Saturday, she would become the first American woman since Serena Williams to win at Wimbledon. Williams' most recent victory at the event came in 2016, when she defeated Angelique Kerber in the final.
With no completely dominant figure since Serena Williams retired after the 2022 US Open, there is more room for new faces.
Amanda Anisimova has a chance to finish an impressive comeback story from her mental health break two years ago by capping a remarkable Wimbledon run of beating Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka, Aryna
The 23-year-old New Jersey native, now based in Miami, stunned crowds on Thursday when she defeated the top-ranked player, Aryna Sabalenka, 27, in the semifinals, advancing herself to the final round.
The Wimbledon women's singles championship will culminate with the grand finale at the All England Club on Saturday with a new name set to be etched onto the gilded Venus Rosewater Dish for the eighth successive year.
We've got a big summer weekend ahead, highlighted by the MLB Draft and the run-up to next week's All-Star Game, the completion of Wimbledon -- you can follow this morning's men's semifinals here-- and one of the year's most anticipated boxing matches of the year happens tonight.
Anisimova's talent has never been in doubt, but it's a physiotherapist who she credits for her deepest Grand Slam run in three years.