{"id":312683,"date":"2023-06-29T21:22:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T21:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=312683"},"modified":"2023-06-30T01:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T01:59:21","slug":"world-no-1-sends-ominous-wimbledon-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=312683","title":{"rendered":"World No.1 sends ominous Wimbledon warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Days before the start of Wimbledon<\/a>, Iga Swiatek<\/a> has shown she's more than capable on grass, making it to the semi-finals of the Bad Homburg Open \ufeffin Germany.<\/p>\n

Swiatek, who has three Roland-Garros<\/a> and a US Open title to her name, has never made it further than the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, as she battles form on grass.<\/p>\n

But the world No.1 looked like she belonged in a straightforward 6-3, 6-2 win over Anna Blinkova.<\/p>\n

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Swiatek broke Blinkova's serve to love three times. It was the Pole's 10th consecutive win, following on from her successful title defence at the Roland-Garros.<\/p>\n

\"Iga<\/p>\n

"I wouldn\u2019t even call myself close to being an expert on grass but I\u2019m making progress," she said.<\/p>\n

Standing between Swiatek and a first grass final is Lucia Bronzetti after the Italian won her quarterfinal match, 6-4, 6-3, against Varvara Gracheva, the Russia-born player who was playing her first tournament since switching allegiance to France.<\/p>\n

The Bad Homburg Open is a warm-up for Wimbledon, where Swiatek's best result in three appearances was a fourth-round appearance in 2021. She was the junior Wimbledon champion in 2018.<\/p>\n

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"Hopefully I\u2019m going to be able to play like that for the next three weeks," Swiatek said.<\/p>\n

Wimbledon main-draw play starts on Monday.<\/p>\n

American player Emma Navarro faces either Liudmila Samsonova or Katerina Siniakova in the second semifinal match.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/iga_swiatek\/status\/1674502969373388827<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/josemorgado\/status\/1674466074606153746<\/a><\/p>\n

Navarro was losing 7-6 (2), 1-1 to Rebeka Masarova when Masarova retired after jarring her left knee while stretching for the ball. Their match had earlier been interrupted for a rain delay after just four points had been played in the first game.<\/p>\n

"It's not a fun way to win a match and I feel very bad for (Masarova) and I wish her a speedy recovery," Navarro said.<\/p>\n

Samsonova's match with Siniakova was suspended until Friday as the light faded before a deciding set could be played. Siniakova took the first set 7-5 and Samsonova the second 6-4.<\/p>\n

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