Belinda Bencic reached her first Grand Slam semi-final since 2019 and a first at Wimbledon.
But her time on court was short-lived as the Swiss player managed to win just two games against the five-time Grand Slam champion.
The Pole was at her belligerent best as she made the most of her opportunity to reach the first Wimbledon final of her career.
Iga Swiatek has struggled on grass over the years, but that is not the case in 2025, as the 24-year-old has now made successive grass court finals.
Belinda Bencic praises Iga Swiatek’s performance during their Wimbledon semi-final
Swiatek defeated Bencic 6-2, 6-0 and reach the Wimbledon final, and she needed just one hour and 12 minutes to do so.
The eighth seed was very aggressive with her shotmaking as she took control from the start of the match and did not look back.
Swiatek blasted 26 winners and won 83% of her first serve points on the way to reaching a sixth career Grand Slam final.
Bencic, who struck just 11 winners, assessed her opponent’s performance post-match and praised Swiatek’s ruthlessness on court. “Honestly, I am not sure. I definitely felt like she was completely on fire,” the 2021 Olympic champion said when asked if she would change how she played.
“I will of course watch the match again and see with my team what I could have done differently but I would have had to play my best tennis of my life and risk every shot to beat her the way she played.
“She was playing very fast, very accurate, serving great. And she didn’t let me in the match. She did not allow me to play my game.”
Iga Swiatek says she has to ‘trust her instincts’ when playing on grass
Swiatek has improved exponentially on grass in 2025. The former world number one has lost just one match on the surface this season and she is looking far more assured in her game.
She won all six of her points at the net against Bencic, which is an area of her game she is looking to improve.
Swiatek has been far more threatening on grass this season and she stressed the need to trust her instincts on the surface, which seems to be serving her well this year.
“There’s no place to overthink here [on grass],” Swiatek said. “You kind of have to follow your instincts.
“If that is going well and you can rely on them for sure if you feel comfortable, so this is kind of fun in some way, and different than on other surfaces where you have more time to build the rally or something. When you’re playing well, it’s easy to enjoy. But I would say this is the main difference.”
