He recognised that winning on the grass lawns at the All England Club means that little bit more to the average Joe, and can catapult a player into stardom in a way few other sporting events can.
It’s what makes Iga Swiatek’s arrival at the Wimbledon final feel all the more important. Like Sharapova, Swiatek already has five grand slam trophies in her cabinet, but she is yet to cut through to the masses in quite the same manner. A win on Saturday may well change that forever.
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She immediately went on an emphatic 135-day, 37-match winning streak — the longest unbeaten run in the WTA since 1990.
If we’re talking about win rates, time at No 1 and grand slams titles won, she is the most dominant player women’s tennis has seen since Serena Williams. And all by the age of just 24.
For one, her first Roland Garros win as a 19-year-old was during the Covid year, played in the autumn of 2020 with limited fans allowed due to social distancing.
She is softly spoken and considers herself as an introvert too: and personality type does have a sway on these things.
A Wimbledon final is a showcase event for Swiatek, the woman (Photo: Getty)The cut-through she could achieve via a Wimbledon victory would boost her profile even further, and to the levels her achievements warrant.
Barbora Krejcikova claimed the title in 2024 as the 31st seed and, beyond a few weeks of fanfare in the Czech Republic, she was blighted by injuries for most of the past year. It blocked her from riding the wave of momentum, in just the same way as her compatriot Marketa Vondrousova experienced the previous year.
Saturday will be no different, against first-time major finalist Amanda Anisimova. In finals, Swiatek rises to the occasion and, ominously for Anisimova, she is unbeaten at this stage of grand slams.
“I think there’s no place to overthink here,” Swiatek said of the grass.
“When you’re playing well, it’s easy to enjoy.”
Only seven women have achieved that in the Open Era: Hana Mandlikova, Martina Navratilova, Sharapova, Barty, Williams, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf.
Swiatek deserves to have her name join them.
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