{"id":128850,"date":"2025-09-08T13:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/128850\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:13:13","slug":"amanda-anisimova-claimed-to-have-had-a-major-problem-emerge-during-the-us-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/128850\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Anisimova claimed to have had a ‘major problem’ emerge during the US Open final\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amanda Anisimova was looking to win her maiden Grand Slam title in New York.<\/p>\n

Advancing to the final with wins over Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka, Anisimova<\/a> took on the world number one and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.<\/p>\n

Making a bright start, Anisimova\u2019s backhand was firing on all cylinders, putting the Belarusian under pressure.<\/p>\n

\"AmandaPhoto by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Anisimova, errors began to creep into her game, allowing Sabalenka<\/a> to take the first set 6-3.<\/p>\n

Pushing on in the second, Sabalenka secured the win<\/a> in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6.<\/p>\n

Reacting to Anisimova\u2019s second Grand Slam final defeat of the year, former British star Annabel Croft<\/a> highlighted the \u2018major problem\u2019 she encountered on Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

Annabel Croft says Amanda Anisimova had a \u2018major problem\u2019 with her attitude towards the roof <\/p>\n

Throughout the match, Anisimova shared her frustrations with the lights, claiming they were affecting her serve.<\/p>\n

During her post-match press conference, Anisimova said the lack of visibility was a \u2018shock\u2019 to her<\/a>, which she couldn\u2019t adjust to.<\/p>\n

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live after the match, Croft gave her verdict on the lights and how Anisimova reacted to the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she was a little negative for quite a lot of the match,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the major problem was her attitude towards the serve and the roof.<\/p>\n

\"AmandaPhoto by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThat kept on going, it was never going to change, and I\u2019m not quite sure what the problem was there, but she got it into her head that it was a problem, and I think that really did prevent her from being able to use her serve effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anisimova\u2019s serve was well below par in the final, making seven double faults, to Sabalenka\u2019s two.<\/p>\n

PlayerAcesDouble faults1st Serve %Win % on 1st ServeWin % on 2nd ServeAmanda Anisimova4758%59%48%Aryna Sabalenka1265%60%68%Serving stats from the 2025 US Open final<\/p>\n

The American was devastated after the match, but Croft believes there are plenty of positives to take, having performed much better than she did in the Wimbledon final this July.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were so different, markedly different finals. The other one was just traumatising, humiliating, embarrassing, everything, all the adjectives you can think of to describe that situation. Excruciating to watch and to play, I\u2019m sure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think everyone is so admiring of her, she\u2019s warmed everybody to her with how she\u2019s come back with such a great spirit to be able to play to beat [Iga] Swiatek<\/a>, and then come back here, get into her second Grand Slam final and experience the electricity, and amazing standing ovations when she was thumping those winners.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad to see her absolutely sobbing at the change of ends here; she\u2019s crushed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m sure most coaches would say that\u2019s actually a good thing, because if it hurts that much, then you\u2019re going to really want to try to come back and improve yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Anisimova recovers from the \u2018hurt\u2019 of her second Grand Slam final defeat, Sabalenka celebrates her fourth major title win.<\/p>\n

Annabel Croft and Ryan Harrison praise \u2018brave\u2019 Aryna Sabalenka for US Open win<\/p>\n

Croft was mightily impressed with Sabalenka\u2019s performance in the 2025 US Open final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to see players rewarded for their hard work, application, and professionalism, and I think that\u2019s what Sabalenka has done by winning here. She has always put out so much in terms of her professionalism and her team, seeking answers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we all underestimated her when she first bust onto the scene, as this raw kid, used to just blast the ball, we thought wow she was great fun to watch, but a little bit erratic and raw, but my goodness has she worked on herself and her game to become a multiple Grand Slam champion, and I really think she deserves it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a cauldron of emotion out here, and the way that she battled her own demons, she tried to stay calm.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad the match on her racket, that missed smash, could have been a terrible moment, where it would have swung wildly in the other direction, but she managed to halt it, and somehow kept going for her shots, backing herself with bravery, and she\u2019s managed to get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, former American doubles star Ryan Harrison<\/a> gave plenty of credit to Sabalenka.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations to Aryna Sabalenka, what an effort, especially in that second set when things got interesting, she had to fight through a lot of stuff this whole tournament, and in the end she had to deal with 24,000 American crowd members trying to pick up Amanda Anisimova,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabalenka, in the end, that experience, that bravery that we\u2019ve seen from her time and time again, and she proves why, that mental resilience, that competitive spirit, that brave ball striking. Yet again, comes through with another Grand Slam title.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now a four-time major champion, Sabalenka will turn her attention to the Australian Open in January, where she\u2019ll look to win back the title she lost earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amanda Anisimova was looking to win her maiden Grand Slam title in New York. Advancing to the final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5531,70726,43,44,41,39,42,40,2084,4306],"class_list":{"0":"post-128850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-amanda-anisimova","9":"tag-annabel-croft","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories","16":"tag-us-open","17":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}