Amanda Anisimova becomes first woman born in 2000s to reach semifinals of Wimbledon

Amanda Anisimova held off a valiant second-set fightback from Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday, 6-1, 7-6 (9), to advance to her first Wimbledon semifinal.

It’s the second Grand Slam semifinal of her career, after she reached the final four at Roland Garros in 2019, as a 17-year-old.

And she made history with her latest win: she's the first woman born in the 2000s to reach the semifinals of Wimbledon.

At least four different women born in 2000 or later had reached the semifinals of every other Grand Slam event before this, but it had never happened at Wimbledon until today.

Iga Swiatek and Mirra Andreeva can match Anisimova’s feat tomorrow, should they win their quarterfinal matches at SW19.

WOMEN BORN IN 2000s TO REACH GRAND SLAM SEMIFINALS, BY GRAND SLAM:

• Australian Open (4): Iga Swiatek (two times), Coco Gauff, Dayana Yastremska, Zheng Qinwen
• Roland Garros (5): Iga Swiatek (five times), Coco Gauff (three times), Amanda Anisimova, Mirra Andreeva, Lois Boisson
• Wimbledon (1): Amanda Anisimova
• US Open (6): Bianca Andreescu, Emma Raducanu, Leylah Fernandez, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Emma Navarro

More to come...