American Amanda Anisimova takes on Iga Świątek in the Wimbledon final
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Follow along with CNN Sports’ live updates as American Amanda Anisimova takes on Iga Świątek in the Wimbledon final.
• A final no one saw coming: Amanda Anisimova shocked world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set thriller to make her debut grand slam final. In the other semifinal, Iga Świątek breezed past Belinda Bencic to make it to Saturday’s final on Centre Court. • A guaranteed first-time winner: Neither Anisimova nor Świątek have lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish in their careers, meaning there’s a debut title coming Saturday at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club in SW19. • How to watch: The match will air at 11 a.m. ET (4 p.m. local time) on ESPN and will stream on ESPN+. Pristine, crisp and all-white – tennis whites have been a tradition dating back centuries. The distinctive look has not only made the racket sport stand out, it has also become a sartorial mainstay off the courts, too. And even though most of the major tournaments have done away with hueless uniformity, Wimbledon, the very first of them, has remained strict in its policy (as have many private clubs around the world). The prestigious championship even clamped down on the rule more than a decade ago, prohibiting colorful accents that had become increasingly common – the year after Roger Federer’s now-infamous pair of orange-soled sneakers were banned after his first round in 2013. The rules once called for “predominantly white” outfits, allowing some competitors to play with color combinations, such as Serena Williams’ tribute to Wimbledon treat strawberries and cream in 2010. But the crackdown changed the wording to “almost entirely white,” per the organizers: no off-white, no panels of color, no varying colorways on sneakers. The only recent loosening of rules were in 2023 – to allow women to wear dark-colored shorts on the court following criticisms that the rules weren’t accommodating for menstruation leaks – and this year to allow Portuguese players to wear tributes to deceased Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota.
