Amanda Anisimova said rewatching her traumatic Wimbledon final drubbing inspired her US Open revenge mission over Iga Swiatek on Wednesday after stunning the Polish second seed to reach the last four.

Two months after suffering a 6-0, 6-0 double-bagel disaster as Swiatek clinched her first Wimbledon crown, Anisimova turned the tables on the six-time Grand Slam winner to score a 6-4, 6-3 upset on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court.

Eighth-seeded Anisimova, who will face two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka in Thursday’s semi-finals, revealed afterwards that she had prepared for her quarter-final rematch by watching a replay of her harrowing Wimbledon defeat.

“Last night — nobody told me to — but I watched (it) back, as painful as it was, just to see, like, what I can avoid or what went wrong

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