{"id":519125,"date":"2026-07-01T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/519125\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:53:09","slug":"anisimova-begins-redemption-tour-with-convincing-win-but-svitolina-crashes-out-wimbledon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/519125\/","title":{"rendered":"Anisimova begins redemption tour with convincing win but Svitolina crashes out | Wimbledon 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It will take a lot more before the memory of last year\u2019s Wimbledon<\/a> final will be entirely out of Amanda Anisimova\u2019s system but the American began the job in convincing fashion on Tuesday, beating Lina Gjorcheska of North Macedonia 6-3, 6-2 in the opening\u00a0round.<\/p>\n

Twelve months ago, Anisimova beat Aryna Sabalenka to reach her first grand slam final only to crumble, her 6-0, 6-0 humbling by Iga Swiatek<\/a> one of those horrible sporting moments where it almost feels bad to be watching. At the time it seemed like it was a loss that would linger for months but, remarkably, she bounced back immediately, beating Swiatek on her way to the US Open final, where Sabalenka beat her<\/a> in a tight two-setter.<\/p>\n

It was Court No 2 and not Centre Court on Tuesday but Anisimova enjoyed the experience, perhaps erasing some of last year\u2019s pain in the process. \u201cIt was a year ago, so it\u2019s not like I started playing this match thinking about the final or anything last year,\u201d she said. \u201cI stepped out and I was really excited to play, feeling really good. So I just wanted to see where my level is at and challenge myself out there, try to play my game and do all the things that I have been doing in practice.<\/p>\n

Elina Svitolina, the No 8 seed, appeared out of sorts during her 5-7, 2-6 defeat by her fellow Ukrainian Daria Snigur. Photograph: Jaimi Joy\/Reuters<\/p>\n

\u201cCourt No 2 isn\u2019t such a small court. I mean, still, it\u2019s a big stadium. [But] hopefully I will be playing on Centre Court again this week, because I feel like I thrive and play my best tennis on the bigger courts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anisimova said she felt refreshed after a short break, having been left exhausted by the previous couple of months when she returned to the Tour after a wrist injury that forced her to miss the Masters clay-court events in Madrid and Rome.<\/p>\n

\u201cFeeling like I\u2019m in a much better place now,\u201d she said. \u201cI think the last two months really took a lot out of me, and just the start of the year, it wasn\u2019t the best way to start things out. It was definitely a bit of a strange experience, having to train and train and not knowing if I\u2019m ready to play the tournaments. I was also working hard and doing my best and I think I just got a bit tired at the end of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Champions find a way through even when they are not playing well and Elena Rybakina survived a horrific second set to beat Lo\u00efs Boisson, of France, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. \u201cShe was playing quite high, I would say, for grass court,\u201d the 2022 champion said. \u201cFor me, it was difficult to actually adjust to these higher balls. And then getting short slices was a bit challenging. In the end, I\u2019m happy that I managed to win it. Definitely will need to work more on these kind of things. Serve was working on and off. The percentage I would love to have higher, but this is something for me also to improve for the next matches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madison Keys, who won her first grand slam title in Australia last year, also had to battle, coming back from a set down to beat America\u2019s Kayla Day 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3. Jasmine Paolini, the runner-up two years ago, called it her best match of the year after she recovered from a first-set bagel to beat the American Robin Montgomery. But there was a shock defeat for an out of sorts Elina Svitolina, the No 8 seed going out 7-5, 6-2 to her fellow Ukrainian Daria Snigur, the world No 77.<\/p>\n

Donna Vekic, the winner at Queen\u2019s, suffered a shock defeat, beaten 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 by American Ashlyn Krueger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will take a lot more before the memory of last year\u2019s Wimbledon final will be entirely out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-519125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}