Bad Homburg Open: Swiatek advances to last four, closes in on first grass title

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, won against Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 9 seed, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Bad Homburg Open at Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe on Thursday evening.

Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play Italian Lucia Bronzetti next as she seeks her first career title on grass.

🇵🇱 @iga_swiatek advances to her 7th Semifinal this season!

The World No. 1 beats Blinkova 6-3, 6-2 and faces Bronzetti next. #BadHomburgOpen pic.twitter.com/4x4BWCRWny

— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) June 29, 2023

Swiatek’s record in tour-level quarter-finals now stands at 21-3.

The 22-year-old Pole defeated German Tatjana Maria (5-7, 6-2, 6-0) and Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann (6-3, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Bad Hombourg tournament, Blinkova, ranked No 39, edged out German wildcard Sabine Lisicki (3-6, 6-1, 7-5) and beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez (7-5, 6-2).

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Bad Homburg WTA 250, other last 8 results (Bod Hombourg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Katerina Siniakova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Emma Navarro beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-7 (2), 1-1 ret.
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-4, 6-3