Maja Chwalińska

De Paul, who has played at every edition of the finals over the last five years and won the event in 2023, had to reach at least the quarter-finals in Ingbo to have any chance of displacing Czech Karolina Muchova in the last qualifying place.

Świątek was hampered by the injury in her loss to compatriot Maja Chwalińska in the Wuhan Open semi-finals last week.

She has won only one tournament this year and failed to advance beyond the quarter-finals.

quarters at any of the four Grand Slams.

Britain's Sonay Kartal has missed out on winning the biggest title of her career.

She lost the Wuhan Open final to Poland's higher-ranked Maya Chwalinska.

Britain's Emma Finucane has had to settle for Kieran Bronze at the World Track Cycling Championships in Shanghai.

In the latest of the NFL UK games, the Houston Texans have beaten the Jacksonville Jaguars thirty-four, thirty-one at Wembley.

Thought she'd surpass Karolína Muchová, take control of that eighth and final spot into this year's tour finals.

Świątek, though, running into a sincerely informed 25-year-old Maya Chwalinska.

Of course, she also battled a clearly hampering knee injury, and in particular, if you watch the home stretch of set number two, there was not much changing of direction for Iga Świątek down the home stretch and against the thorn in the side, the death by 1000 paper cuts game style of Maya Chwalinska.

Świątek, just not enough in the gas tank.

Chwalinska, a season of firsts continues.

The 25-year-old up to a new career high, number 12 in the live rankings through, of course, to her first ever 1000 level final as she earns a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Świątek.

Now, again, movement was clearly compromised in set number two, and against, uh, Maya Chwalinska, who moves you corner to corner, who one and ones you to death, who's just gonna hit the ball where you're not and make your life miserable, make not just the one extra shot, but the four extra shots to continue to ask the question of you, you have to be at your best.

You have to be at your sharpest.

That's right.

Iga Swiatek and Maya Chwalinska.

Eh, they reached the Australian Open girls doubles final together in 2017, and now they meet for the, uh, first all-Polish WTA tour semifinal of the Open era.

So Iga Swiatek, she defeated the, um, Sabalenka destroyer, essentially.

I think she's too, yeah, she's far too far down the list.

So yeah, massive, massive result this would be.

Iga needs to get one over on Chwalinska, who I think we've got our words a little bit, myself and JG as well, because we were quite vocal that she wouldn't do anything on any other surface other than a clay court.

And she's come to this tournament.