The American No. 13 seed did not shrink from her duel with Sabalenka on Centre Court, going after her shots at all times.

It was billed as the Wimbledon women’s final that no one expected, it finished as a match that American rising star Amanda Anisimova will want to forget.

Amanda Anisimova thanked her mother for flying to London to watch her play in the Wimbledon final and for all of her help through the years.