Iga Swiatek stormed to her first Wimbledon title on Saturday, demolishing Amanda Anisimova during a one-sided contest.
The Pole showed no signs of her historic struggles on grass, waltzing to a 6-0 6-0 victory over the American.
Swiatek, a four-time French Open champion, won the title seven years on from her junior Wimbledon victory and was able to clinch her first grass court title just a month after her first grass court final at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.
Swiatek was simply perfect against Anisimova, winning a remarkable 83 per cent of her second-serve points during the contest. She also won six of her nine break-point opportunities and made 78 per cent of her first serves.
Chris Evert, who won the Ladies Singles title on three occasions, summed up what worked perfectly for Swiatek ahead of the final, while revealing a ‘nugget’ of advice Iga Swiatek’s coach gave to her.
Wim Fissette told Iga Swiatek before the Wimbledon final ‘you cannot counter-punch anything’
Evert, who won the Wimbledon title in 1974, 1976 and 1981, was speaking on the BBC after the brutal final on Sunday afternoon.
During her analysis, she revealed a key piece of advice from Swiatek’s coach, Wim Fissette. The Belgian coach has a history of success, having guided Kim Clijsters, Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber to Grand Slam titles.
Evert said: “Well, I think somebody has to get off to a good start, so I think that’s very, very important.
“I mean I give the slight edge to Iga because she has, like Billie Jean says, she’s been hitting her ground strokes harder and I think Wim Fissette told her… I’ll give you a little nugget for your commentating.
“Wim Fissette said to her, ‘you cannot counterpunch anything.’
“Every ball has to be aggressive, and you got to put… every ball [has] to be aggressive and just put more top spin on. If it comes at you 100 miles an hour, don’t let up, because people have a tendency to let up for more control.
“So he’s told her to keep going and her rallies, zero to four shots, have been like 60 per cent.”
Laura Robson praises ‘world-class’ Iga Swiatek
Laura Robson, a former junior Wimbledon champion like Swiatek, was full of praise for the six-time Grand Slam champion.
Robson won the junior Wimbledon title at 14 years old in 2008, with Swiatek completing the feat a decade later.
Speaking on TNT Sports, Robson said: “I think it was 57 minutes in total today, so we couldn’t quite get it to the hour mark.
“She was world-class today, absolutely brutal and ruthless from the very first point to the last. She was using her topspin forehand incredibly well.
“She did everything right and her opponent was kind of the opposite. She knew she had to use her experience today, she knew how to manage the occasion.
“You have to give her so much credit after the 12 months she’s had with everyone writing her off, especially after the clay-court season, as she goes and wins Wimbledon.”
