TENNIS SCORES. Whitney Osuigwe victorious over Annie in the qualifications in Osaka

Whitney Osuigwe gets by Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the qualifications in Osaka on Saturday. Osuigwe will clash against Nicole Gibbs in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The American won the set after she broke Annie 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Annie tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Osuigwe refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Annie won the set after she broke Whitney in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Whitney tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Annie kept the focus before winning the set 7-5.

3^rd set.

Osuigwe conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Annie in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The American improved her lead after breaking Leylah in the 3^rd (3-0) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Osuigwe scored 114 points vs. Leylah’s 101 points.

The American won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14). On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (4/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Osuigwe and Annie is 1-0 for Whitney.

Next Match: Whitney Osuigwe vs. Nicole Gibbs – stats

Osuigwe will face Gibbs in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Whitney Osuigwe and Nicole Gibbs since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gibbs won 6-1 6-3 in the 2^nd round in New Haven back in September 2019.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Xinyun HanHan – Risa OzakiOzaki (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Akiko OmaeOmae (2-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Varvara FlinkFlink – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-7¹⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicole GibbsGibbs – Ayano ShimizuShimizu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Mayo HibiHibi (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuki NaitoNaito – Astra SharmaSharma (1-6 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Miharu ImanishiImanishi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Kurumi NaraNara – Momoko KoboriKobori (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Alize CornetCornet – Kurumi NaraNara (0-1) – See H2H details
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yuki NaitoNaito – Xinyun HanHan (0-0) – See H2H details
• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Nicole GibbsGibbs (0-0) – See H2H details
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Varvara FlinkFlink (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (0-1) – See H2H details
• Elise MertensMertens – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-2) – See H2H details
• Madison KeysKeys – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (5-0) – See H2H details
• Donna VekicVekic – Caroline GarciaGarcia (2-2) – See H2H details
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Misaki DoiDoi (1-1) – See H2H details
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-0) – See H2H details