Just under two months ago, Amanda Anisimova suffered one of the most lopsided losses in tennis history. Just two days after the biggest win of her career, the American was skunked by Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon final without winning a single game, a 6-0, 6-0 rout that will live on in infamy forever.
On Wednesday at the US Open , Anisimova got a chance for revenge. She did not miss.
In another one of the best performances of her young career, the No. 8 seed came up clutch in the big moments to knock off Swiatek 6-4, 6-3 and advance to the semifinals of her home major for the first time. Both its were tightly-contested, but the No. 8 seed came up with a late break in both of them to keep her stellar major season going.
This was a record-setting victory for Anisimova, who became the