By: Osabuohien Imuetinyanosa
Fourth-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland reached her first final of 2025 and her first ever on grass with a swift victory Friday at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.
Swiatek faced one break point in a 6-1, 6-3 defeat of No. 2 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in just 66 minutes. It was the five-time Grand Slam winner’s 50th career win against a top-10 opponent — her first on grass.
Her opponent in Saturday’s final will be top-seeded Jessica Pegula, who trailed 5-3 in the second set before rallying for a 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-1 win against unseeded Czech Linda Noskova. Noskova struck 15 aces and was in control before Pegula swept 10 of the last 11 games to win in 2 hours and 7 minutes. (Reuters)
