BAD HOMBURG, Germany (Reuters) -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.

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

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