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She will face Ana Bogdan in Sunday's final after the Romanian also came through in straight sets, beating the Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl 7-5, 7-5. In persistent drizzle, number five seed Garcia crushed the Italian Paolini in just 65 minutes to reach her 12th career singles final and continue a rich run of form which saw her see off Swiatek.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia beat Jasmine Paolini 6-1, 6-2 at the Poland Open on Saturday to advance to her 12th career final, where she'll face Ana Bogdan.
French Open champion Swiatek had not lost on clay in over a year before going down 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 to the 45th-ranked Garcia. Swiatek was 18-0 on clay this season, winning titles at Stuttgart, Rome and Roland Garros, and had only dropped two sets on the surface in 2022.
Japan's Nao Hibino upset No. 2 seed and defending champion Barboura Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, rallying for a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 second-round win on Thursday at the Prague Open.
The world number one defeated her 146th-ranked Romanian opponent to extend her clay run to 18 wins, and putting her overall record for 2022 at 48-4. French Open champion Swiatek has not lost a match on clay since the 2021 Roland Garros quarter-finals.
Iga Swiatek beat Gabriela Lee 6-3 6-2 in Warsaw to reach the quarter-finals of the Poland Open, extending her unbeaten run on clay courts to 18 matches. The Polish star breezed past compatriot Magdalena Frech 6-1 6-2 in the first round on Wednesday, before dismantling Lee on home soil in another straight-set victory.
The French Open champion romped to a 6-1, 6-2 victory at the Warsaw clay-court event in her first match since suffering a shock third-round defeat by Alize Cornet in the Wimbledon third round. Swiatek had been on a remarkable 37-match winning streak before that loss, taking six successive titles along the way.
Hungary's prime minister caused outrage Saturday after he bashed western European countries for "mixing" European and non-European populations in a keynote speech.