PICTURE: Amanda Anisimova sets her kitchen on fire with unexpected cooking mishap ahead of Christmas season

American tennis star Amanda Anisimova recently gave her fans a good laugh with a hilarious cooking fail. Anisimova took a moment to show her humorous side while rehabilitating from a hip injury sustained during her 2024 season.

Anisimova wrapped up her 2024 season after a challenging Wuhan Open campaign in China, where she had to withdraw during her second-round match against Marta Kostyuk due to a left hip injury.

Since then, she has been focusing on her recovery and enjoying her off-season. During this time, she has been sharing glimpses of her life off the court, including a particularly amusing cooking mishap.

On December 18, 2024, Anisimova posted a picture on her Instagram story. The image showed a part of the baking tray with parchment paper that had caught fire, along with the baked veggies that were meant to be part of a healthy meal.

"Let's not talk about last night though ..." Anisimova hilariously wrote.

Amanda Anisimova's Instagram story/@amandaanisimova

This isn’t the only mishap Amanda Anisimova has experienced recently. Just last week, she shared a photo of a shattered scented candle jar and vented her frustration over the wax and glass shards stuck to the floor.

"I actually can't even rn. That's candle wax with glass... stuck to the fn floor," Anisimova wrote.

Amanda Anismova's Instagram story/@amandaanisimova

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Amanda Anisimova is set to begin her 2025 campaign at the ASB Classic in Auckland

Amanda Anismova at the 2024 Australian Open (Image source: Getty)

Amanda Anisimova is set to start her 2025 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland, marking her fourth appearance at the WTA 250 tournament.

Anisimova made her Auckland debut as a wildcard in 2019, advancing to the quarterfinals after defeating Jana Cepelova and Barbora Strycova. Her run came to an end in a hard-fought 3-6, 6-2, 4-6 loss to Viktoria Hruncakova.

In 2020, the American tennis star delivered a standout performance, overcoming Kateryna Baindl, Daria Kasatkina and Eugenie Bouchard to reach her maiden semifinal in Auckland, where she fell 1-6, 1-6 to eventual champion Serena Williams. This ended up being Williams' final WTA title before her retirement in September 2022.

Amanda Anisimova’s most recent appearance at the ASB Classic was earlier this year when she returned from an eight-month mental health break. Competing as a wildcard, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the opening round but was outplayed in the second round, losing 0-6, 1-6 to Marie Bouzkova.