World number 8 in women - Iga Swiontek, qualified for the final of the women's grass tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany from the WTA 500 series, FOCUS reported.
The 24-year-old Pole defeated the Italian Jasmine Paolini in the semifinals with 6:1, 6:3 in 67 minutes of play.
Swiontek hit 4 aces, while her 29-year-old rival did not record a direct point. Paolini, who is ranked 4th in the world, made 2 double faults, while Swiontek did not make a mistake. The Pole broke her opponent 5 times and allowed only 1 break point.
Swiontek will play against American Jessica Pegula or Czech Linda Noskova.
World number 74 in women's tennis - Alexandra Eala, qualified for the final of the grass tournament in Eastbourne, England from the WTA 250 series.
The 20-year-old Filipina defeated Varvara Gracheva from France with 7:5, 2:6, 6:3 in 2:23 hours of play. This is the first final in the Asian's career in the WTA series.
Eala realized 2 aces, while her 24-year-old opponent recorded 3 direct points. Gracheva, ranked 111th in the world, committed 3 double faults, while Eala made 6 errors.
The Filipina broke her opponent 7 times and in turn saved 8 of the Frenchwoman's 15 break point attempts.
In the final, Eala will play either Maya Joynt of Australia or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia.