Mihaela Buzarnescu and Nao Hibino will square off in the semifinal of Japan Women’s Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:30 am on CENTRE COURT.

Mihaela Buzarnescu: results and record

Ranked no. 125, Mihaela got to the semifinal after beating Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 6-4, Kurumi Nara 7-6¹ 7-5 and Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4 7-5.

Buzarnescu has a 14-23 win-loss record in 2019, 6-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Hiroshima

Buzarnescu didn’t play in Hiroshima in 2018.

Nao Hibino: results and record

Ranked no. 146, Hibino got to the semifinal after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-7² 7-6⁵ 7-5, Zarina Diyas 6-1 3-2 ret. and Su-Wei Hsieh 6-4 6-3.

Hibino has a 15-13 win-loss record in 2019, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Hiroshima

Hibino lost in the 2^nd round 6-4 7-6⁴ to Shuai Zhang.

Japan Women’s Open Live score and result Mihaela Buzarnescu vs. Nao Hibino

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Prediction and head to head Mihaela Buzarnescu vs. Nao Hibino

There is no head to head record between Mihaela Buzarnescu and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mihaela Buzarnescu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mihaela Buzarnescu is the pick to win this match.
Mihaela Buzarnescu -> 1.57
Nao Hibino -> 2.37

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Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 1Main
• 14ITF
• 7Minor

• 0Slam
• 3Main
• 6ITF
• 3Minor

Mihaela
Buzarnescu

0:2

Nao
Hibino

Rank

798

High

20

0Hard2

Rank

85

High

56

Win Loss

Buzarnescu

Hibino

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0 - 0

14 - 11

0-0

Hard

12-10

0-0

I Hard

2-0

Tennis Scores in Hiroshima

• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Nao HibinoHibino – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Misaki DoiDoi – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Nao HibinoHibino – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (0-0) – See H2H details
• Misaki DoiDoi – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details