In the end, Amanda Anisimova didn’t have to think, and that was probably a good thing.
With her opponent, Aryna Sabalenka, serving at 4-5 in the third set, Anisimova lined up to try to close out the match, and make the Wimbledon final, for the fourth time. She had squandered one match point in her previous service game, and two more on Sabalenka’s serve. A few moments ago, Anisimova had been up 0-40, and appeared to be home free. Now it was 30-40. If the game went to deuce, how would she react? The American’s swings on her previous match points had been more than a little nervy.
“I was absolutely dying out there,” Anisimova told the crowd later.
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