Tennis
2025-11-05 - Iga Swiatek vs Amanda Anisimova
A Sports Betting Pick by FirstDown
Tennis: WTA Finals Group Stage
Wednesday 5th November 2025 - Scheduled 5pm
2pm (British Time)
Preview
This is just the third career meeting between Amanda Anisimova and Iga Swiatek and the previous two have been at the last two Grand Slam events played.
So this final Group match at the WTA Finals is not going to be nearly as important as the matches in the Wimbledon Final and US Open Quarter Final, but it is one that will decide which of the two players join Elena Rybakina in the Semi Final.
The Wimbledon Final saw Iga Swiatek crush Amanda Anisimova in historic fashion and the double bagel handed out might have affected players with lesser mental resolve than the American.
Instead Amanda Anisimova put together a decent summer which concluded by reaching the US Open Final, as well as earning revenge over Iga Swiatek by beating her in straight set in the Quarter Final in New York City.
2025 has already proven to be a year in which Amanda Anisimova has made good on her obvious promise and her ability to bounce back from setbacks will make her a leading contender at the Grand Slam events in 2026. She has shown more of that battling quality in coming from a set down in the last match against Madison Keys to keep herself in contention at the WTA Finals and Amanda Anisimova will be pretty comfortable with the match up considering how the US Open meeting played out.
In that match, Amanda Anisimova was the more consistent server and she was very aggressive against the Iga Swiatek second serve.
More of that is going to be needed in this last Group match, although the focus for the World Number 4 will be on making sure her own serve is operating more effectively. In the two matches played in Riyadh, Amanda Anisimova has not served nearly as well as she would have hoped, although the mometum may be with her after fighting back to beat Madison Keys in three sets.
The American looked to have a bit more rhythm in the last couple of sets against Madison Keys and Amanda Anisimova has to take a huge amount of encouragement from the way Iga Swiatek collapsed to a defeat against Elena Rybakina on Monday.
Keeping up on the scoreboard is key with Iga Swiatek perhaps not dealing with the pressure being out on her by opponents as she has in the past.
That looks to be the key for Amanda Anisimova and she is perhaps being underestimated in this Group match.
Memories of the defeat in SW19 are always going to be hard to shake, but Amanda Anisimova showed how well she can handle those distractions in her run at the US Open. Beating Iga Swiatek along the way will have done her a lot of good and there is every chance that the lower Ranked player may find a way through to the last four here in Riyadh.
Prediction
Take the games being given to an underdog that is going to be playing with enough confidence to push for an outright upset.
The Pick :
Iga Swiatek 1-2 Amanda Anisimova
