Before the Bad Homburg Open 2025, the expectation for Iga Swiatek is not high. The Polish tennis player has never reached a final for more than 12 months, since the Roland Garros 2024 championship. In addition, the pitch is always the weakness of the former No. 1 world.
Last week, Swiatek had impressive performances in Germany. She defeated Victoria Azarenka, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jasmine Paolini to win tickets to the first grass final in her career. Here, her opponent is the No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula.
In the end, Pegula defeated Swiatek with a score of 6-4, 7-5 to crown the championship. The No. 1 seed is extremely cold and accurate at the time when there is a chance to win the break. Meanwhile, Swiatek made a lot of errors that hit himself, causing her to pay expensive.
Notably, Swiatek burst into tears before speaking at the awards ceremony. Despite the title, she still kept a positive attitude and congratulated the opponent: “This tournament shows that I still have hope on the pitch. Congratulations to Jessie. You have a great gameplay and have shown that throughout the tournament.”
Despite winning young content in Wimbledon, Swiatek has not conquered the pitch in a professional career so far. All 22 WTA titles she owned on the hard yard (12) or the land (10). In Wimbledon, the best achievement of the Polish tennis player was in the quarterfinals in 2023, the rest she had never passed the fourth round of 4 other attendees.
Swiatek will start the Wimbledon campaign next Tuesday (July 2), with Polina KermoMetova confrontation in the first round. According to the battle, the former No. 1 in the world may have to meet Elena Rybakina – Wimbledon 2022 champion – in round 4, and encounter the Roland Garros Coco Gauff right from the quarter -finals.
