Overview
- After a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Katerina Siniakova in Melbourne, a reporter asked Anisimova how it felt to “play under the American flag right now.”
- Anisimova answered that she was proud to represent the United States and noted strong performances by American players across the draw.
- When the reporter referenced “the last year of everything that’s been happening in the U.S.,” she ended the topic with, “I don’t think that’s relevant.”
- A later question revisited national identity, and she responded that she was not planning to switch nationality or represent another country.
- Coverage contrasted her concise rebuff with Coco Gauff’s earlier, more expansive comments about feeling fatigued by U.S. politics, and Anisimova is set to face fellow American Peyton Stearns in the third round.