Top seed Pegula eases past Swiatek to win Bad Homburg title
Tennis - Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, Germany - June 28, 2025 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. and Poland's Iga Swiatek pose for pictures before the women's singles final REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Tennis - Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, Germany - June 28, 2025 Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her women's singles final against Jessica Pegula of the U.S. REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Tennis - Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, Germany - June 28, 2025 Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her women's singles final against Jessica Pegula of the U.S. REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Tennis - Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, Germany - June 28, 2025 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. celebrates after winning her women's singles final against Poland's Iga Swiatek REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Tennis - Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg, Germany - June 28, 2025 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. celebrates with the trophy after winning her women's singles final against Poland's Iga Swiatek REUTERS/Heiko Becker
BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Top seed Jessica Pegula contained Iga Swiatek's heavy topspin game on grass to earn a 6-4 7-5 victory on Saturday and lift the Bad Homburg Open title.
The American held serve throughout and gave up just one breakpoint in the match, denying the Pole her first career title on grass, just two days before the start of Wimbledon.
Pegula won a break at 3-3 in the first set to move 5-3 up.
The 31-year-old world number three, chasing her third title of 2025 and her first since April, landed the first set soon afterwards when the Pole sent a forehand long.
Swiatek put up a fight in the second set, edging close to a break but failing to carve out a break point.
It was Pegula who earned a breakpoint at 5-5 and she converted it with a sizzling crosscourt forehand.
Pegula held serve to seal her second career title on grass, following last year's win in Berlin. REUTERS
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