LONDON; Iga Swiatek punished Amanda Anisimova’s nerves and big stage inexperience to become the first Polish woman to win a Wimbledon singles title and inflict the heaviest women’s final defeat at the All England Club since Dorothea Lambert Chambers in 1911.

Both players were appearing in their first Wimbledon final but Poland’s Swiatek looked more assured from the very start as she stormed to a 6-0 6-0 victory over the American in just 57 minutes to win a sixth Grand Slam title.

“It seems super surreal,” said 24-year-old Swiatek,whose five previous major titles came on clay or hard courts and who has won every Slam final she has contested.

“Honestly, I didn’t even dream of winning Wimbledon because it was way too far. I feel like I’m an experienced player, having won other Slams, but I didn’t expect this.”

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