“It seems,” said Swiatek, a 24-year-old from Poland who is now 6-0 in major title matches, “super surreal.”

From the moment Amanda Anisimova stepped out on to Centre Court, you could see the tension etched across her face.

Anisimova suffered the ultimate tennis indignity of a double bagel, the thing that every player, whether an amateur, a junior pro taking their first tentative steps in the sport, or a WTA star like t...