Amanda Anisimova’s grass-court season hasn’t gotten off to the best start.
Coming off a runner-up finish at Wimbledon last year, the American managed just one win at this season’s Queen’s Club Championships, beating Laura Siegemund before falling in the quarterfinals to 18-year-old Iva Jovic in three sets.
She was then set to play at the Berlin Open but ended up withdrawing from the tournament. Now we know why she pulled out of the WTA 500 event.
Amanda Anisimova withdraws from the Berlin Open after a back injury
According to Tennisform on X, previously Twitter, Anisimova pulled out of the Berlin Open because of back spasms.
She was set to defend just 108 points at the event, after reaching the quarterfinals there last year.
In 2025, she got past Bianca Andreescu and Magdalena Frech before losing to Liudmila Samsonova in the quarterfinals.
The Berlin Open and Nottingham Open were the final two grass-court events ahead of Wimbledon. That means Anisimova’s next appearance will come at the All England Club.
Amanda Anisimova’s Wimbledon campaign last season
With the withdrawal behind her, Anisimova will now look ahead to Wimbledon, where she will aim to go one step further this season after finishing runner-up in 2025.
She recorded her best-ever result at the tournament by making the final, and along the way, she beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka.
But in the final, Anisimova was stopped by Iga Swiatek, who made history as the first Polish player to win a singles title at Wimbledon.
Swiatek won that match 6-0, 6-0. It was only the second time in a major final during the Open Era that such a scoreline had occurred. The only other instance was Steffi Graf’s 6-0, 6-0 victory over Natasha Zvereva at Roland Garros in 1988.
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