-
No 13 seed breaks in final game to win 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
-
American holds nerve as spectators wilt in the heat
Amanda Anisimova will play in the first grand slam final of her career at Wimbledon on Saturday after she held her nerve in a tense battle with top seed Aryna Sabalenka to win 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
In a semi-final in which there were two breaks in play to deal with health emergencies in the stands and where spectators were abandoning their seats due to the heat, the play on court largely failed to catch fire. It was a duel of many errors, many disputed line calls and only sporadic outbursts of consistent play. But players must take the conditions as they find them and, in the end, it was Anisimova who adapted best. The world No 1, meanwhile, was often to be found howling into the summer air.