Iga Swiatek had earned the title of being the “Queen of Clay” very early in her career. Winning four Roland Garros events in five years obviously had to give her the stature of an excellent player on the dirt.

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — Iga Świątek is into her first Wimbledon final and is not messing around. 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.

Iga Swiatek is seeing a good thing in not winning this year's French Open as the world No. 4 suggests it helped her ease off the pressure coming into Wimbledon and that's one of the reasons behind her career-best run at The Championships.