Five-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek crushed second seed Jasmine Paolini 6-1 6-3 on Friday to reach the Bad Homburg Open final and stay in the hunt for her first career title on grass.

Swiatek made her first grass final in Bad Homburg before Jessica Pegula prevented her from also clinching her first title on the surface.

Five-time major champion Iga Swiatek has reached her first final on grass and first final in more than a year in Hamburg