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.

Iga Swiatek was elated after defeating Jasmine Paolini in the Bad Homburg Open semifinals, a match she admitted she didn't expect to win. The five-time Grand Slam champion swept past Paolini in the semifinals,