TENNIS SCORES OSAKA. Superlative Osaka clobbers Mertens in the semifinal in Osaka

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - OSAKA. Osaka rolls over Mertens to square off with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens

Naomi Osaka breezes past Elise Mertens 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Osaka on Saturday after playing a solid match to face off with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Naomi conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

The Japanese was unable to break Mertens in the 2nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2nd set.

Osaka was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Japanese to win the set since the Belgian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Japanese maintained her focus to break Mertens in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

The Belgian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 56 points vs. the Belgian’s 37 points.

The Japanese served very well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 47% points (8/17) on her second serve. The Japanese didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7). On the other side, the Belgian was stunning in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Osaka and Mertens is 1-1.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens Toray Pan Pacific Open – Osaka

Next Match: Naomi Osaka vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats

Osaka will fight against Pavlyuchenkova in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Naomi Osaka and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Osaka won 6-4 3-6 7-65 in the R in Perth back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

Upcoming matches

  • Naomi OsakaOsaka – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – See H2H details