And then there was one. On Saturday, Poland’s Iga Swiatek was crowned ladies’ singles Wimbledon champion following a historically dominant 6-0, 6-0 win over American Amanda Anisimova in a brisk 57 minutes. With the victory, the 24-year-old moved an Australian Open championship away from becoming the first woman since Maria Sharapova (2012) and 11th all-time to secure the career grand slam with wins at the Aussie Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. Swiatek became the first Wimbledon champion of the Open Era (since 1968) to avoid dropping a game in the final. According to BBC Sport, Steffi Graf is the only other player to accomplish the feat within the same period, doing so during the 1988 French Open final against Natasha Zvereva. In 1911, Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Dora Boothby, 6-0, 6-0 during the Wimbledon ladies’ singles final. Swiatek moved to a fitting 6-0 in major finals, also winning four French Open trophies (2020, 2022-24) and the 2023 U.S. Open. Swiatek, the No. 4 player in the WoRead More