The American Amanda Anisimova (12th of the world) gave the surprise this Thursday in the first female semifinal of Wimbledon By knocking out the number 1 of the ranking WTAthe Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
With a 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4, in a balanced match, Anisimova deprived Sabalenka to reach a fourth consecutive final of Grand Slam and on Saturday he will play the title against the Polish IGA Swiatek (4th) or the Switzerland Belinda Bencic (35th).
After having conquered his third Grand Slam title at the United States Open 2024, last September, Sabalenka (27 years old) lost the finals of the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year.
On this occasion, the leader of the World Classification could not reach the decisive match of the tournament, staying for the third time in his semifinal career, as in 2021 and 2023.
Anisimova played his first semifinal in Wimbledon and the second in a Grand Slam, six years after arriving at that round in Roland Garros 2019, when he was just 17 years old.
The American returned to the circuit in January 2024 after a pause of more than half a year to recover mentally.
At 23, he made the Wimbledon central vibrate this Thursday with his first victory over a world number 1 and the sixth triumph over Sabalenka, an adversary that is especially good.
This daughter of Moscowas emigrated to the United States could become on Saturday the third player of her country to lift the trophy in a ‘big’ this year, after the successes in this season of Madison Keys in Australia and Coco Gauff in Roland Garros.
After Wimbledon he has safe climbing to the ‘top 10’ of the ranking. In his record it has three titles, of which the most prestigious is the WTA 1000 of Doha last February.
