This Wimbledon will go down in history. With multiple sensations in the first week, other Grand Slams can hardly compete with what happened in London. In the women's singles final, Iga Šwiątek stunned the sports world by defeating Amanda Anisimova with a double bagel. The score of 6-0, 6-0 in the final match of a Grand Slam tournament was recorded for only the third time in history (and the first time in the 21st century). Šwiątek's victory is sensational not only because of the score, but because of what preceded it: 13 months without a single title is a long time for a tennis player who managed to utterly dominate the tour yesterday. In London, Iga showed that her success seven years ago at Wimbledon in juniors was no mere accident and took advantage of a good draw, confidently taking down her opponents while her main rivals — Sabalenka, Rybakina and Gauff — never even made it onto the court with her.

Aryna lost her third semi-final at Wimbledon, a streak that the world's number one tennis player would like to break one day and finish what she started. But it happens. Anisimova played the match of her life in the semi-final against Sabalenka, and didn't have any passion or direction left for the final. The total of head-to-head matches between the Belarusian and American players is now 6:3 in favour of the latter, which confirms the thesis that Aryna has trouble with this opponent who is no slower and knows how to make the game hard for her, reaching the ball early and showing for the most part stable, error-free gameplay. Mirra Andreeva also deserves a special mention, not so much on reaching the quarterfinals — we're already used to seeing her at this stage, and she certainly wants more — but but because after Wimbledon, she made it in the top 5 of the WTA for the first time in her career.

While in the women's draw the first and second in the ranking couldn't repeat their success at Roland Garros and fight for the title in a decisive match, the main rivalry in the men's tournament seems here to stay. Sinner and Alcaraz became the first two players in 17 years to face off in the finals in both Paris and London. Moreover, just a month after his unbelievably painful defeat with three match points, Yannick took revenge and didn't even let the game reach the fifth set: 4:6, 6:4, 6:4, 6:4. Sinner was a force to be reckoned with from the second set onwards in terms of serving, court coverage, making his opponent work harder, and of course, mental resolve. Both in the final and in the rounds leading up to it, the number one player's advantage over his top-10 rivals (Alcaraz, Djokovic and Shelton) was undeniable. But of course, who can forget the fourth round match, where Sinner narrowly escaped defeat from 0:2 due to Grigor Dimitrov's injury. Who knows how that match would have ended if Grigor hadn't injured his pectoral muscle and wasn't forced to withdraw! But tennis history isn't written in the subjunctive mood. In the end, Yannick took full advantage of the second chance fate granted him and won the title. Sinner's victory can easily be called a psychological renaissance: in official matches, he hadn't defeated his main opponent for two years. Not every tennis player could recover so fast from the collapse in Paris and rally to win the next major. 

We can also be happy for First & Red ambassador Karen Khachanov, who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and almost took his match against Fritz to a fifth set. But still, 1:4 is a repeat of Karen's best result at Wimbledon, and reaching the top eight is definitely an achievement for Khachanov, who also leveraged his draw and the fact that he didn't come up against any seeded players before the quarterfinals. But that's not to say Karen had it easy along the way, having to overcome two five-setters against unyielding opponents. In fact, Khachanov is now the leader among current Russian tennis players in the number of five-set matches won (12).