Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek reached a first WTA Tour grass-court final with a crushing victory over Wimbledon runner-up Jasmine Paolini at Bad Homburg.
Poland's Swiatek, a former junior champion at Wimbledon, beat the Italian 6-1 6-3.
The former world number one has won 12 titles on hard courts and 10 on the clay.
Swiatek reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2023 but has not gone beyond the fourth round in any of her other four appearances there.
Victory over world number five Paolini is also Swiatek's first over a top-10 player on the grass.
"I am super happy - I was not expecting this," Swiatek, 24, said.
"I just did my job, knew what I wanted to play and I went for it."
She will face either American top seed Jessica Pegula or Czech Linda Noskova in Saturday's final, with Wimbledon beginning on Monday.
