Iga Swiatek banished the last of her grasscourt demons to blaze into her first Wimbledon final with a quick-fire 6-2 6-0 demolition of Belinda Bencic on Thursday. Swiatek, the claycourt specialist who had never gone past the quarter-finals at the All England Club before this year,

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — Iga Świątek is not messing around as she moves into her first Wimbledon final. She dominated Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 Thursday to set up a meeting with Amanda Anisimova of the U.S., with the controlled, clinical aggression on both serve and return that has defined her tennis the past fortnight.

Former World No.1 Iga Swiatek wasted little time in her Wimbledon semifinal on Thursday, breezing past 2020 Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic to reach her first final in London.