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While it was a chastening experience for Anisimova in her first major final, it had been an encouraging and inspiring journey to get there.<\/p>\n
The big-hitting American has been tipped as a future Grand Slam champion since she was a teenager and reached the 2019 French Open semi-finals as a 17-year-old.<\/p>\n
Later that year, the sudden death of her father Konstantin \u2013 who was also her coach – contributed to her falling out of love with tennis.<\/p>\n
Four years later, Anisimova took a break for her mental health and spent about seven months off the tour.<\/p>\n
This time last year she was trying to avoid watching Wimbledon as she had lost in the third round of qualifying while ranked 191st in the world.<\/p>\n
But, having climbed back to the verge of the top 10, she has reminded the world of her obvious talent, particularly against world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals. <\/p>\n
Anisimova was far below her best against Swiatek, however. In the warm-up she looked tense and it showed in the opening points of the match.<\/p>\n
Rushing into her shots, Anisimova’s groundstrokes were loose and Swiatek continued to take time away from her.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Anisimova revealed she did not practise on Friday because she felt “really fatigued” and also had to take regular breaks during her pre-final warm-up on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“If anything, it’s my physicality that I need to work on,” she said.<\/p>\n
“To be able to last two weeks in a Grand Slam is definitely something that you need to work a lot on. It’s not an easy feat.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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