Two Bagels on Court Three
On 11 July 2026, at the All England Club, Yui Kamiji did what no one had managed against Diede de Groot in a Wimbledon final. She won every game. The scoreline read 6-0, 6-0. A double bagel, handed to the woman who owns twenty-four Grand Slam singles titles, on Court 3, in the space of an afternoon.
The match never settled into the contest most expected. Kamiji served with precision and returned deep, denying de Groot the rhythm that has defined her dominance for a decade. Points that usually swing the Dutchwoman's way went the other. Kamiji held her line at the net, closed angles, and forced the errors rather than waiting for them. The first set passed without a game conceded. The second followed the same pattern. De Groot, so often the executioner in these finals, found no way back. For once, the pressure sat on the other side of the court.
With the final point, the last gap in Kamiji's record closed. Wimbledon was the only major she had never won. The grass had resisted her through a long career of near misses and lost finals, several of them to de Groot herself. In taking the title, the 32-year-old completed the Career Golden Slam: all four majors and Paralympic gold. It is her twelfth Grand Slam singles title, and it makes her only the sixth person in the history of wheelchair tennis to hold a Golden Slam.
