{"id":18296,"date":"2025-09-05T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18296"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:04:15","slug":"positivity-wins-as-anisimova-wills-way-into-us-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18296","title":{"rendered":"Positivity wins as Anisimova wills way into US Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amanda Anisimova credited the power of positive thinking as she fought back from a set down to beat Naomi Osaka and reach the US Open final on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The American eighth seed clawed her way into a second consecutive Grand Slam showpiece with a tense 6-7 (4\/7), 7-6 (7\/3), 6-3 win over four-time major champion Osaka.<\/p>\n

“I felt like I wasn’t playing my tennis because I was nervous, and I was letting the stress get to me a little bit, but then I tried to dig deep and find my game,” said the 24-year-old Anisimova.<\/p>\n

“I just keep telling myself that I can do it, and I believe in myself. I keep saying that over and over again, not just in the match, but the whole day.<\/p>\n

“But I really try and tell my brain, or I guess I feel like manifest it or visualise it, then it will happen. I just try and stay upbeat and positive.”<\/p>\n

She could have been forgiven for feeling the odds were not in her favour after Osaka won the tie-break at the end of the first set, in which Anisimova paid for her inconsistency.<\/p>\n

Only once before had Osaka had lost at a major after taking the opening set, but Anisimova turned to recent experiences to draw belief that she could plot a way back into the match.<\/p>\n

“Today, I could have easily said, ‘Oh, she’s playing better than me, and I can’t really do anything,'” said Anisimova.<\/p>\n

“I really tried to find a way any way I could to stay in the match, even though it was extremely tough, and she was playing really great tennis.<\/p>\n

“I have really worked on myself to really be able to handle those moments and to believe in myself, even when it feels like what is there to believe in, in a way, like, when you’re not playing that well.”<\/p>\n

Her character was severely tested by a 6-0, 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon final in July.<\/p>\n

Rather than let it scar her, Anisimova has made her mental fortitude a vital asset.<\/p>\n

“I have really done a better job of that, and especially since the Wimbledon final. I think I have really shifted with my attitude, as well,” she said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amanda Anisimova credited the power of positive thinking as she fought back from a set down to beat Naomi Osaka and reach the US Open final on Thursday. The American eighth seed clawed her way into a second consecutive Grand Slam showpiece with a tense 6-7 (4\/7), 7-6 (7\/3), 6-3 win over four-time major champion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}