Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrates winning the women's singles semifinal match against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, July 10, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A new women’s singles champion will be crowned at Wimbledon today as first-time Grand Slam finalist, Amanda Anisimova faces five-time Major winner, Iga Swiatek in an exciting final.

Anisimova, the first American to reach the title match at SW19 since Serena Williams in 2019, while Swiatek follows in the footsteps of countrywoman Agnieszka Radwanskan’s 2012 achievement, with the winner becoming the eighth different champion since Williams’ consecutive titles in 2015 and 2016.

Two years after taking a break from tennis to focus on her mental well-being and one year after failing to make it through qualifying, 23-year-old Anisimova will compete for her maiden Grand Slam title.

The 13th seed makes her way to Saturday’s final as the first women’s singles player in the Open Era to reach a Slam final a year after losing in qualifying, since Bianca Andreescu’s win at the 2019 US Open, a year after her qualifying loss in New York.

The 23-year-old, who will move into the top 10 next week regardless of her result, will fancy her chances after narrowly defeating world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals, adding to her Grand Slam wins over the Belarusian after wins at the Australian and French Opens in 2019.

Whisper it, but beating Swiatek in this form will be no easy feat, and no, this is not clay but grass.