{"id":4133,"date":"2026-07-02T23:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2026-07-02T23:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:35:26","slug":"reigning-finalist-amanda-anisimova-avoids-wimbledon-upset-with-20-aces-in-win-over-sofia-kenin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4133","title":{"rendered":"Reigning finalist Amanda Anisimova avoids Wimbledon upset with 20 aces in win over Sofia Kenin"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>LONDON \u2014 Amanda Anisimova served three of her 20 aces in the deciding tiebreaker to hold off Sofia Kenin, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3), and reach the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday as Kate, the Princess of Wales, visited the All England Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4131\">Willson Contreras, Cade Cavalli get seven-game suspensions for roles in Red Sox-Nationals brawl Tuesday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Anisimova, who was consoled by Kate a year ago after being routed by Iga Swiatek in the final, trailed 3-1 in the third set before she broke back in the sixth game against her fellow American, the 2020 Australian Open champion who is now ranked No. 105.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSome moments were really awful. I\u2019m just so happy through to the next round,\u201d Anisimova said on No. 2 Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cI never thought that I\u2019d be saying this \u2014 but thank you to my serve today,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m not an amazing server. Now, I can finally say I can serve pretty good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>The sixth-seeded Anisimova whacked her racket on her leg at one point in the deciding set.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cI was down 3-1 and I told myself to just keep fighting and this might be your last moments at Wimbledon . . . just try and maybe have fun and enjoy it,\u201d said Anisimova, who will next face 26th-seeded Madison Keys. \u201cI try to remind myself, just have fun, you are playing at Wimbledon. I do get hard on myself sometimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Swiatek, who beat Anisimova, 6-0, 6-0, for the 2025 title on Centre Court, needed just 70 minutes to get past 2021 Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova, 6-1, 6-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The defending champion gets Filipino rising star Alexandra Eala, who rallied to beat Maya Joint, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0, in the third round. On Tuesday, Joint spoiled Serena Williams\u2019s singles comeback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Second-seeded Elena Rybakina, the 2022 champion at the All England Club, made quick work of Caty McNally, 6-1, 6-2, and will face Belgium\u2019s Elise Mertens, seeded 25th, for a spot in the last 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A well-dressed Taylor Fritz impressed again, beating compatriot Patrick Kypson, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5, to reach the third round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fritz\u2019s white blazer and NBA-style warmup pants for his walk-on at No. 2 Court drew attention but his play wasn\u2019t bad either \u2014 he fired 19 aces and avoided getting pushed into a fourth set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4130\">Their signatures helped get Republican candidates on the ballot. They say they never actually signed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The sixth-seeded American, a semifinalist last year, emphatically pumped his right fist when he broke Kypson to convert his fourth match point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fritz also won his opener in straight sets and had worn a similar outfit with tear-away warmup pants \u2014 designed to easily unbutton as you pull them off in one tug.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI took it off slowly in the first round. I kind of actually made a mess of it,\u201d Fritz said in his press conference. \u201cIt\u2019s actually just a lot easier to just rip them off. I saw a video of Frances [Tiafoe] doing it. I was just trying to copy him today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Later, an equally dapper Tiafoe showed how it\u2019s done \u2014 earning applause for quickly pulling off the bottoms before his match against Jan Choinksi. The 17th-seeded Tiafoe won, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI had a lot of momentum from the end of the third,\u201d the American said in his on-court interview. \u201cI just wanted to try to get an early break and take his soul a little bit, take his belief away, and that\u2019s kind of what happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>Naomi Osaka\u2019s fashion statements have made her court walk-ons must-see viewing at Grand Slam tournaments \u2014 Wimbledon included.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Also Thursday, both second-seeded Alexander Zverev and fifth-seeded Alex de Minaur recorded straight-set victories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Matteo Berrettini, who lost the 2021 Wimbledon final to Novak Djokovic, beat 20th-seeded Arthur Fils, 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, on Centre Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Berrettini will next face wild-card entry Grigor Dimitrov, who eliminated 15th-seeded Jakub Mensik, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Last year, Dimitrov was leading his fourth-round match against eventual champion Jannik Sinner but stopped playing because of an injured pectoral muscle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4128\">A grand jury indicts Louisiana\u2019s attorney general in a fight over changes to the local courts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixth-seeded Anisimova will face No. 26 Madison Keys in the third round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reigning finalist Amanda Anisimova avoids Wimbledon upset with 20 aces in win over Sofia Kenin - 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