After the final, Anisimova denied that her inconsistent performance had anything to do with fatigue. Instead, she said, “I feel like with finals I have a lot of nerves, and it’s something I’m trying to work on.”
She added that she regretted not playing “more aggressively,” but from the seats it looked more like her level of aggression was high to—at her best moments—off the charts. The missing ingredient was consistency, the absence of which goes hand-in-hand with nerves.
That’s a surmountable challenge. After all, this was the first Grand Slam final for the former prodigy whose career was derailed by the unexpected death of her father and burnout in the spring of 2023. She’s only been back on tour for about a year-and-a-half.
These past two weeks Anisimova demonstrated that she is more than capable of bouncing back, in ways big and small. She is a resilient person with a great big game, and she has established herself as a newly minted Grand Slam contender for 2026.
During the trophy presentations, Anisimova thanked the crowd and described her tournament as an “incredible fortnight.” It was also a redemptive one.
