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Jun 28, 2025, 10:12 AM ET
Top effect Jessica Pegula contained Iga Swiatek's dense topspin crippled connected writer to gain a 6-4, 7-5 triumph connected Saturday and assistance the Bad Homburg Open title.
The American held service passim and gave up conscionable 1 interruption point, denying the Pole her archetypal vocation rubric connected grass, conscionable 2 days earlier the commencement of Wimbledon.
Swiatek has not won a singles rubric since her 2024 French Open victory.
"I cognize you accidental you can't play connected grass, but you are very, precise bully connected grass," Pegula said, addressing Swiatek aft the match. "It was a peculiar week."
Pegula won a interruption astatine 3-3 successful the archetypal acceptable to determination 5-3 up.
The 31-year-old satellite No. 3, chasing her 3rd rubric of 2025 and her archetypal since April, landed the archetypal acceptable soon afterward erstwhile Swiatek sent a forehand long.
Swiatek enactment up a combat successful the 2nd set, edging adjacent to a interruption but failing to carve retired a interruption point.
It was Pegula who earned a interruption constituent astatine 5-5 and she converted it with a sizzling crosscourt forehand.
Pegula held service to seal her 2nd vocation rubric connected grass, pursuing past year's triumph successful Berlin.
For Swiatek, who shed tears portion waiting for the trophy ceremony, it was inactive a palmy week aft reaching her archetypal vocation last connected the surface.
"[Pegula has] an astonishing game, and [she] showed it passim the tournament," Swiatek said. "Hopefully we volition person galore much finals together. ... I consciousness it is going a bully way, and convey you for the accidental to play here. This tourney shows determination is anticipation for maine connected grass."
