Iga Swiatek breaks new ground, beats Belinda Bencic to reach maiden Wimbledon final
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 10 – Iga Swiatek reached her first Wimbledon final after a dominant win, aiming to complete a career Grand Slam with five major titles already to her name.
- Iga Swiatek advanced to her first Wimbledon final after defeating Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 on Thursday, setting up a showdown with Amanda Anisimova.
- Swiatek's confidence on grass was boosted by her final at Bad Homburg before Wimbledon, marking her first grass final since last spring.
- Swiatek defeated Bencic 6-2, 6-0 in 71 minutes, hitting 26 winners and winning 83% of her first-serve points.
- Despite Anisimova upsetting top seed Sabalenka, Swiatek’s semi-final dominance secures her first Wimbledon final, highlighting her remarkable grass-court breakthrough.
- Swiatek becomes the first Polish woman since 2012 to reach Wimbledon final and is one win from matching Alcaraz's major-surface sweep.
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Iga Swiatek reaches first Wimbledon final
"I never even dreamt that it's going to be possible for me to play in the final," said Swiatek, who has won five Grand Slam titles elsewhere and spent most of 2022, 2023 and 2024 at No. 1 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings.Good as she is on clay courts, especially, and hard courts, too, Swiatek only once had been as far as the quarterfinals at Wimbledon until this week."I'm just super excited and just proud of myself," the 24-year-…


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Swiatek or Anisimova? Martina Navratilova prediction for 'close' Wimbledon final
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