Iga Swiatek may not love the grass but relishes a battle whatever the surface and showed all that fight and bullish determination as she recovered to beat American Caty McNally 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 and reach the Wimbledon third round on Thursday.

Iga Swiatek is set to compete in her first final in over a year, as well as her inaugural grass court final, at the Bad Homburg Open after a victory over Jasmine Paolini, winning 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals on Friday. The triumph comes just a few days ahead of the start of Wimbledon.

Iga Swiatek debuted at Wimbledon with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Polina Kudermetova, advancing to the second round. The world No. 4 had a tough first set but managed to take control of the match in the final stages,