Well, that didn't line up with the narrative.
Remember the other day, when the Blob was carrying on about how Amanda Anisimova reaching the Wimbledon singles final was yet another sign that was American women's tennis was back, baby? About how it was the fourth straight Grand Slam women's final which would feature an American? And about how, if Anisimova managed to beat former world No. 1 Iga Swiatek at Wimby, it would make American women 3-0 in Grand Slam finals this year?.
Yeaaaahh ...
Fast forward to yesterday, when Anisimova was force-fed bagels on Centre Court.
A "bagel", in tennis parlance, is when someone wins a set 6-0. When someone does it twice, that's called a "double bagel."
Which is what Iga Swiatek did to the American. Double-bageled her red-white-and-blue ass.
In a match that took less than an hour, Swiatek dispatched a virtually helpless Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title. It was just the third time in history a Grand Slam women's final went 6-0, 6-0, and only the second time it had happened at Wimby. You have to go all the way back to 1911 to find the other instance.
In that one, Dorothea Lambert Chambers double-bageled Dora Boothby in the final. I think the women were still playing in ball gowns then, on account of they hadn't yet won the right to vote.
At any rate, here's to Swiatek, who's always kind of struggled on grass. And better luck next time to Anisimova or the next American to reach a Grand Slam final -- because yesterday notwithstanding, it's bound to happen again, and soon.
One oopsie can't stop a resurgence. Says me, anyway.
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