Jul 10, 2025; Wimbledon, United Kingdom; Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrates winning her match against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland on day 11 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

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Iga Swiatek Proves the Grass is Greener on Her Side After Dismantling Belinda Bencic in Wimbledon 2025 Semifinal

Swiatek lost just two games en route to first Wimbledon final.

Jul 10, 2025; Wimbledon, United Kingdom; Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrates winning her match against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland on day 11 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

World No. 4 Iga Swiatek rolled past former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic to enter her maiden grass court major final at Wimbledon 2025. The Polish top gun produced a flawless Rolls-Royce performance to win 6-2 6-0 in just over an hour. While it was a phenomenal tournament for the last remaining mother in the draw, it is Swiatek who will return on Saturday for the championship against Amanda Anisimova.

Earlier in the day, the American knocked off World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the first semifinal – denying fans a potential blockbuster ‘Sabatek’ final. Nonetheless, it will be the first tour-level meeting between the two players. Although they faced off at the junior level, this will be a completely different proposition. “She loves fast surfaces because she has a flat game. You’ll have to be ready for fast shots,” declared the 24-year-old after storming into the final at All England Club.

Iga Swiatek Makes Light Work of Belinda Bencic

After a thrilling opening semifinal, Centre Court was ready for what promised to be a fiery battle. What they didn’t expect was a one-sided domination of utter disdain. Swiatek opened her account early in the contest, breaking Bencic with a forehand winner to go up 2-0. While the former World No. 1 was going for her shots, the Swiss maestro seemed to be playing a tad bit too safe.

Although the 28-year-old held her next two service games, she was always on the back foot. Meanwhile, the Pole hit perfection on the return games to claim the first set 6-2. In Set-2, Bencic attempted to take more initiative and find the lines. However, it was to no avail. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist had neither the agility nor the firepower to outclass Swiatek on the Centre Court.

It’s been a long time coming ✨@iga_swiatek is into her 6th Grand Slam final, a first in Wimbledon. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/ZxeR2DzJfV
— wta (@WTA) July 10, 2025

While Bencic hit fewer unforced errors than her opponent, it was a culmination of being unable to take risks that led to her downfall. In the winners column, the statistic read 26-11 in favour of Swiatek. The five-time Grand Slam champion played high percentage shots, waited for a short ball from the struggling Swiss and finished the point. A backhand return winner fittingly completed the inevitable on a sunny evening in London.

“Tennis Keeps Surprising Me”: Swiatek

3/3 – Iga Swiatek (24 years 30 days) is the youngest player to reach the final on all three surfaces in Women’s Singles Grand Slam events since Justine Henin in 2003. Finalization.#Wimbledon | @Wimbledon @WTA pic.twitter.com/0ETbYHc2Ke
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) July 10, 2025

The victory means that Swiatek holds the record for the third best performance (in terms of games lost) in a Wimbledon semifinal – behind Billie Jean King and Venus Williams. She is also the only active player to reach the women’s singles final on all three surfaces at the Grand Slam level. Speaking in her on-court interview after the dominant success on Thursday, Swiatek admitted that she didn’t expect to perform at this level.

“Honestly, I never even dreamt that it’s going to be possible for me [reaching the Wimbledon final],” said the 8th seed at this year’s Championships. “I’m super excited and just proud of myself. I don’t know – tennis keeps surprising me. I thought I lived through everything. Even though I’m young, I thought I experienced everything on the court. But yeah, I didn’t experience playing well on grass.”

Regarding her new formula for succeeding on grass, Swiatek revealed, “Every opponent is different, so every match I also need to adjust my game. But I feel like I improved my movement and I’m serving really well, and I feel really confident. I’m just going for it and it’s working, so I’ll keep doing that.”

Swiatek will face Anisimova in the Ladies’ Singles final of Wimbledon 2025 at 04:00 PM BST (Local).

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Sankalp Harikrishnan

A passionate sports fan through and through, I am currently pursuing my MA in Global Sports Journalism. I specialise in tennis and football writing at The Playoffs News, and I have prior experience working at EssentiallySports and Sportskeeda. Born and raised in Bengaluru, India, sport was my safe space right from my childhood. After trying my hand at multiple sports and representing my educational institutions in cricket, badminton and table tennis, I found sports media to be my calling.