TENNIS SCORES OSAKA. Astonishing Gibbs destroys Shimizu in the qualifications in Osaka

Nicole Gibbs motors past Ayano Shimizu 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Osaka on Saturday after playing a fantastic match to deal with Whitney Osuigwe in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nicole in this set was in much better shape than the Japanese and therefore she won 6-2 after breaking Ayano in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

2^nd set.

Nicole won the set after she broke Shimizu 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Shimizu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, the American kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Nicole scored 63 points vs. the Japanese’s 46 points.

The American was effective in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7). On the other side, Shimizu was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points because she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Gibbs and Shimizu is 1-0 for Nicole.

Next Match: Nicole Gibbs vs. Whitney Osuigwe – stats

Gibbs will face Osuigwe in the qualifications.

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

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

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• 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
• Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Kurumi NaraNara – Momoko KoboriKobori (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo (3-6 6-3 6-1) – 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
• Alize CornetCornet – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 5-7 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