Anisimova

Amanda Anisimova beat Coco Gauff 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2 at Wimbledon to set up a last-16 meeting with Harmony Tan.

But for the 13th time in 2022, Anisimova came through in a decider, thanks to some clean hitting and aggressive tennis that rushed Gauff into mistakes. A win over Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open in January showed she was back and it took the eventual champion Ash Barty to stop her. It’s her first time in the last 16 at Wimbledon, though, and her delight was fully deserved.

In a battle of the young Americans the 20-year-old beats the 18-year-old Gauff; Iga Swiatek also departs.

In the third set honestly I was cramping in my leg, so I was trying to be more aggressive. In the third set it was all Anisimova as the elder American broke service twice to lead 5-1. But as her comfort zone grew and unforced errors fell it was Anisimova dominating the swing points from the back of the court. She was shattered by personal tragedy, when her 52-year-old father Konstantin died suddenly of a heart attack in August 2019 just days before the US Open and a week before her 18th birthday. There she reached the fourth round with each of her matches the most-watched through the first week of television coverage in the United States. Later that summer, still aged 15, she reached the third round of the US Open. Gauff received a wildcard into the qualifying draw at the 2019 Wimbledon, where she became the youngest in the tournament’s history to qualify for the main draw.