"I didn’t want to give any points for free” - Iga Swiatek not offering condolence to Anisimova after savage showing in Wimbledon final

Despite the ups and down endured in a missed 2025 campaign, Iga Swiatek's Wimbledon title will be remembered fondly after a stunning showing in the final saw her defeat Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0. Even though of this ruthless display, Swiatek was not in a pity mood as she acknowledged that she was not giving her opponent anything.

The reward for winning Wimbledon is that you earn an honorary membership to the All England Club. This will grant them entry whenever they want. This is an honour that she is excited to take up at the legendary club, although she will have to do some research.

“I wonder how it feels,” she says. “I will be back for sure. I would love to. I have no idea how that works, though. I heard once Roger [Federer] wasn’t let in when he didn’t have a proper badge or something, so I would need to get ready.”

It has been a rocky campaign for Swiatek. Heading int the grass season, she found herself down in seventh in the world after a lacklustre clay swing. She failed to deliver on the high standards once set on her favourite surface, which saw her not even make a final while seeing her immense Roland Garros streak go up in smoke. However, this changed when moving onto grass. The Pole made the Bad Homburg Open final, losing to Jessica Pegula. It would then be a stunning run at Wimbledon where she played some scintillating tennis to clinch the title. This included coming out on top in the last 20 games competed in with a ruthless 6-0, 6-0 trouncing of Anisimova a fitting way to showcase your return to form. Despite this success, it was not something that Swiatek had expected.

“Any season that has a Wimbledon win, I would take without hesitation,” she said. “I’m super proud of this achievement. This is something I wasn’t expecting to happen this year. I thought I [would] need a couple more years to learn how to play on grass and to use my skills for the surface. But I felt great. We worked hard before Wimbledon to change some tactical patterns I also had in my head and wasn’t really using in previous years. I felt, day by day, I had my game, and I really used the opportunity. Having that win changed everything.”

It was ruthless against the American in the final. Swiatek barely let her have a sniff as she blew her opponent out of the water. The match took less than an hour to conclude and saw Swiatek sweep up everything on offer.

“I wasn’t really thinking about how it looks, I was just playing, and I didn’t want to give any points for free,” she says. “It’s a Wimbledon final, I wanted to win it really bad. After, for sure, there were a lot of crazy things happening. I remember all these interviews about the score, journalists asking questions if I should let Amanda win one game or something like that. It was pretty different."

She brushed off those questions, stating that it was also a stressful occasion for her. “I can only say that this tournament shows tennis is a mental sport. This part of the game has a huge impact on everything and on the results of each player. I’m really happy I handled the pressure well, because after the final, everybody was talking about Amanda being stressed or something, but I was also stressed as hell; playing the final of Wimbledon on Centre Court is a surreal experience.”

The schedule has been a huge talking point. The more events and congestion has saw Swiatek admit that she will sacrifice points and skip some events next year. She played the most matches of anyone on the WTA Tour in 2025.

“I would like to try missing maybe two tournaments – maybe the ones I feel I haven’t been playing well at anyway – just spending this time on grinding and getting the technique better,” Swiatek admitted. “I think it will help me also play a little bit better under stress, because my body will remember the proper movements and what it learned during this practice time. Mentally, it can give me a lot of confidence, knowing I worked hard. Then I can come to tournaments a little bit better prepared, because for sure, playing all mandatory tournaments now, most players will tell you they’re not always 100% ready to play every one of these.”

Her next focus is the start of next season. She will be competing for Poland in the United Cup ahead of the Australian Open, an event she has never tasted glory at. The six-time Grand Slam champion has a plan to improve her overall game to stay on top. “There is a lot of stuff I learned this year that I started doing, but couldn’t really mix it well with how I’ve been playing for the past seasons. My goal overall will be to combine that with good balance, still keep my good game on the slower surfaces … to really feel more comfortable with the variety I’ve got and know exactly where to use what skill,” she concluded.