Pegula edges Swiatek in Bad Homburg for third title of season

World No. 3 Jessica Pegula will head into Wimbledon on a grass-court winning streak after defeating former World No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the final of the Bad Homburg Open, 6-4, 7-5.

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After losing the opening match of her title defense at the Berlin Tennis Open last week, Pegula bounced back in a big way with four wins in Bad Homburg to take her second career grass-court title -- and defeated Swiatek for the fourth time in their last six matches for her third title of the season.

The top seed needed three sets to win her quarterfinal and semifinal matches against Emma Navarro and Linda Noskova, but was not under threat of losing a set in the 1 hour and 46-minute final. In fact, she only faced one break point in the high-quality affair -- in the third game of the opening set -- and got over the finish line with sustained patches of strong play late in each set.

Swiatek was bidding to win her first title since Roland Garros last June in her maiden grass-court final -- a surface that the five-time Grand Slam champion has historically struggled to master.

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