US Open 2025 quarter-final result - six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek beaten by Amanda Anisimova as eighth seed avenges Wimbledon final loss

Take a bow, Amanda Anisimova!

The American serves out to 30 on her third match point, getting a huge piece of luck off the net cord, to sink the second seed in just one hour and 36 minutes.

It was a special performance from the eighth seed, who avenged her Wimbledon final loss to the Pole back in July.

Anisimova will now face Naomi Osaka or Karolina Muchova in the last four.

Swiatek comes up clutch with a one-two backhand punch and a hefty first serve to erase a 0-30 deficit.

However, Anisimova jumps all over a second serve with a rasping return to feet to force the error long and clock up another break point.

Swiatek feels the heat and double faults to hand over the game.

The American will now serve for the match.

A crushing serve and a clinical backhand winner down the line help Anisimova surge 40-0 up.

Swiatek retorts with a pair of forehand winners but can’t press to deuce as Anisimova’s tight crosscourt forehand clips the tape and just about bounces over.

That’s what you call an American net!

Swiatek comes up clutch with a wide second serve to tee up a backhand down the line and reset at 30-30.

Anisimova continues to play aggressive, attacking tennis but overcooks twice in quick succession to allow the Pole out of what was looking like a very tricky situation.

Anisimova thunders a third ace of the day down the T to move 40-15 to the good but then blasts a backhand wide.

One of the rallies of the match ensues with Iga on the charge, but she’s undone by a counter punch down the line on the run from the American and it forces the error to seal a third game on the spin.

Anisimova strikes back!

The American guns a fourth return winner down the line via a backhand and then crushes a forehand up the opposite flank to tee up two break points.

Iga survives one but is caught out of position addressing a crosscourt backhand and can only jab tamely into the net on the second.

Swiatek presses again at 15-30 but Anisimova is very calm in key moments, pummelling away the forehand time and time again to avoid the double break and edge on to the board.

Swiatek consolidates with a hold to 30 and Set 2 has a different complexion right now.

The six-time Grand Slam winner offers the type of response you’d expect from a champion.

Iga returns from a spell off court and ramps up the intensity on the return, breaking to 15 with another deep, probing crosscourt forehand.

Anisimova continues to attack at every opportunity.

She buries her first forehand in the net but comes out on top again and again in some intense exchanges.

A sizzling return to feet is just too good and tees up two set points.

Swiatek saves one with a clutch serve but is undone on the second as more heat forces the error to give the American a high quality opener in 50 minutes.

Anisimova hits another level on the forehand from deuce after squandering a 40-15 lead.

The speed of the ball-striking is a joy to behold, but it’s the American who comes up trumps off her weaker wing, breeching the Swiatek defences in consecutive points to apply some serious scoreboard pressure.

Anisimova is giving Swiatek’s second serve the treatment.

The American zaps another forehand winner down the line to make Pulp (30-30) but then angles an awkward backhand wide.

It’s a brief breather for Iga as she’s pressed to deuce again when Amanda unleashes a sensational backhand down the line.

The temperature continues to rise for the Pole and she double faults to cough up a break point.

The Wimbledon champion fires relentlessly into the American’s forehand before an attack down the line tees up a forecourt drive volley to stave it off.

Another stunning forehand down the line turns the game Iga’s way and she comes up with a hefty first serve to help navigate her way out of very choppy waters.

This is developing into the match the home crowd were hoping for.

The Wimbledon final was painfully one-sided but this hardcourt showdown is allowing the eighth seed to unleash her power and make life uncomfortable for the six-time major winner.

There’s little resistance here as the American motors through a clean hold to begin the squeeze on the scoreboard.

Anisimova tries to up the ante as she follows in a forehand to the baseline to pick off Iga’s pass and divert away an angled, backhand volley.

Swiatek responds at 30-30 with a clutch serve but the American unleashes a crosscourt forehand to force deuce.

The second seed rallies and edges level courtesy of a classy ace down the T.

Amanda’s forehand is her bellwether shot.

The backhand is a thing of beauty and reduces the arrears from 0-30 with a sublime winner down the line that clips the back of the baseline.

However, the forehand leaps long again to cough up two break points.

The American chases a crosscourt forehand on the first and hoists up a deep defensive lob that Swiatek inexplicably frames into the sky.

The second seed then drills a low forehand attempt from mid-court into the net to give her opponent a reprieve.

Anisimova comes up clutch with a second serve ace and then rifles away a backhand winner down the line to steal the game.

Swiatek needs to hustle fast after a double fault opens the door again at 15-30.

The Pole comes out on top in a forehand-to-forehand exchange with superb depth of strike and is quite vocal with the ‘Let’s go!’ as she edges out of trouble from there.

Just like London buses… You wait ages for one and then two come at once.

Anisimova follows up her first ever game against the second seed with a supreme love hold.

Anisimova’s response is to be ultra-aggressive on the return.

The American forces errors with her raw power either side of a scorching forehand return winner to tee up triple break point.

The eighth seed sizzles just long on the first and then drags a backhand return into the net, but she makes it count on the third with a super drive volley off a sizzling backhand down the line.

She. Is. On. The. Board!

Anisimova blasts a couple of forehands long and immediately finds herself in a test.

The American belatedly discovers her range on the next point to force the error and then lands her maiden ace to earn game point.

The eighth seed snatches at a forehand attempt up the line and buries it into the net to face more heat at deuce.

Swiatek just won’t let her off the hook and a couple of near misses off the forehand hand the Pole the instant break.

Anisimova will serve first.