{"id":89810,"date":"2025-08-30T08:30:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=89810"},"modified":"2025-08-30T22:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T02:27:44","slug":"amanda-anisimova-from-wimbledon-heartbreak-to-chasing-glory-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/08\/30\/amanda-anisimova-from-wimbledon-heartbreak-to-chasing-glory-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Anisimova: From Wimbledon Heartbreak to Chasing Glory in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Amanda Anisimova, 2025 has been a season of sharp contrasts: heartbreak, healing, and now the hope of redemption on the sport\u2019s biggest stage. Just a few weeks ago, she lived every player\u2019s dream and nightmare in the same match. She <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/07\/11\/anisimovas-moment-rock-bottom-to-wimbledons-brightest-stage\/\" target=\"_self\">reached<\/a> her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, only to be crushed by Iga \u015awi\u0105tek in a stunning 6-0, 6-0 defeat, the most lopsided final the tournament had seen in over a century. For a 23-year-old who had worked her way back from burnout, it was a brutal moment, one that could easily have shattered her confidence.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of hiding from the spotlight, Anisimova owned the pain. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/22\/sports\/tennis\/us-open-anisimova.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">She spoke openly about the loss<\/a>, about therapy, about learning to live with pressure instead of letting it consume her. It was honest, vulnerable, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/other\/amanda-anisimova-bringing-new-perspective-to-us-open-after-mental-health-journey-paying-off\/ar-AA1LhMoJ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deeply human<\/a>, and it made her a player fans could root for, not just watch.<\/p>\n<h4>Picking Herself Up<\/h4>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2231554383\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 59.42761% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/2231554383?et=L3hU34dLRxFZ_wobN_9odQ&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=3ei8taJ1hVcN2yATjrEfwPcL6E6F2MiGt0J-s4rZSaM=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"353\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If Wimbledon was the low point, it was also the spark. Earlier this year, she had already shown glimpses of her best tennis, winning her first WTA 1000 title in Doha with a commanding run. That victory pushed her back inside the top #10 for the first time in her career and reminded everyone that her easy power and clean ball-striking remain some of the most dangerous weapons in women\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">U.S. Open<\/a>, Anisimova is putting all of it together again. She started with a sharp win over Kimberly Birrell, snapping a losing streak in New York that stretched back years. In round two, she fought through tense moments before steadying herself to beat teenager Maya Joint. For the first time since 2020, she\u2019s into the third round at Flushing Meadows, and she looks like she belongs there.<\/p>\n<p>Her numbers back it up: 33 wins already this season, a top-10 seeding, and a newfound calmness in the way she handles matches. Gone is the rushed impatience that sometimes haunted her in the past; in its place is a player who trusts her game and her process.<\/p>\n<h4>Can She Win in New York?<\/h4>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2231850342\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 62.794613% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/2231850342?et=5E-r1Pq3Te1NO58JPtLoxg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=K1Jwf6gAuuhqvCA2hrggXvIEN12QIOa7eetW0s0YKP8=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"373\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The draw hasn\u2019t done her any favours. \u015awi\u0105tek is once again in her quarter, and Coco Gauff lurks as a possible late-round opponent. On paper, Anisimova isn\u2019t the favourite, but tournaments aren\u2019t played on paper, and the version of Anisimova that has emerged since Wimbledon is a dangerous one, talented, focused, and with nothing to lose.<\/p>\n<p>If she manages to run the gauntlet and win the title, Anisimova would not only claim her first Slam but also become the second American woman (with Coco Gauff in 2023) since Sloane Stephens in 2017 to triumph in New York. It would complete a comeback arc that\u2019s as much about mental resilience as athletic achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Win or lose, Anisimova has already shown what it looks like to fall hard, stand back up, and try again with humility and courage. For American tennis fans, hungry for a new star to carry the mantle, she offers both talent and relatability. If she does go all the way, the moment would be historic. It would place her name alongside legends, break a long drought for U.S. women in New York, and, perhaps most importantly, prove to herself that the journey through the dark places was worth it.<\/p>\n<p>For now, she\u2019s still in the fight, racquet in hand, writing the next chapter point by point. After everything she\u2019s endured, Amanda Anisimova has already won in one sense. But in New York, for the player born in nearby New Jersey, she might win in the biggest way of all.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Syndication: Desert Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Amanda Anisimova, 2025 has been a season of sharp contrasts: heartbreak, healing, and now the hope of redemption on the sport\u2019s biggest stage. Just a few weeks ago, she lived every player\u2019s dream and nightmare in the same match. 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