Happy Friday everybody. This is Carter Bahns, filling in for Zach. We’ve got a big summer weekend ahead, highlighted by the MLB Draft and the run-up to next week’s All-Star Game, the completion of Wimbledon — you can follow this morning’s men’s semifinals here — and one of the year’s most anticipated boxing matches of the year happens tonight.
Here’s the rundown.
WIMBLEDON FINALIST AMANDA ANISIMOVA
Amanda Anisimova is one win away from Wimbledon glory. The American pulled off an upset of top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 triumph Thursday to punch her ticket to the first Grand Slam final of her career, setting up a showdown with No. 8 Iga Światek in Saturday’s championship match at Centre Court.
“To be honest, if you told me I would be in the final at Wimbledon, I would not believe you. At least not this soon,” said Anisimova after her upset victory. “It’s been a year turnaround since coming back, to be in this spot, it’s not easy. So many people dream of competing on this incredible court. To be in the final, it’s just indescribable honestly.”
A great deal of history is on the line as the 23-year-old from New Jersey gears up for the biggest match of her life.
Anisimova would be the first American champion, man or woman, at Wimbledon since the legendary Serena Williams won her seventh and final title in 2016.The No. 13 seed would clinch her first Grand Slam title with a victory over Światek.The United States would produce its fourth consecutive major champion with a victory after Jess Pegula won the U.S. Open last September, Madison Keys reigned supreme in the Australian Open and Coco Gauff ran the table at the French Open.
Meanwhile, Taylor Fritz is the United States’ last chance at producing a male champion. He faces Carlos Alcaraz in the first of Friday’s early morning semifinal matches, preceding the marquee clash between top-seeded Jannik Sinner and seven-time…
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