Naomi Osaka topples Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Osaka on Wednesday.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Tomova didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Osaka in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Osaka managed to stage a great comeback to break Viktoriya 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
2nd set.
Tomova had a favorable start in this set after breaking Osaka in the 1st game (1-0). However, Naomi refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Tomova in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 78 points vs. Viktoriya’s 62 points.
The Japanese fired 13 aces and she committed 6 double faults. The Japanese was pretty good in converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8). On the other side, Viktoriya wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 38% of her break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Tomova is 1-0 for Naomi.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Viktoriya Tomova Toray Pan Pacific Open – Osaka
Tennis Scores in Osaka
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- Elise MertensMertens – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Nicole GibbsGibbs (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
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