TENNIS SCORES OSAKA. Fantastic Pavlyuchenkova soars past Doi in the quarter in Osaka

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova routs Misaki Doi 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Osaka on Saturday after playing a solid match to come up against Naomi Osaka in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Pavlyuchenkova was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Doi in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Pavlyuchenkova extended her lead after breaking the Japanese in the 3^rd (3-0) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2^nd set.

Pavlyuchenkova had a great start in this set after breaking Doi in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Anastasia to win the set since Doi found the way to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Pavlyuchenkova maintained her focus to break Doi in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Japanese was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 64 points vs. Doi’s 40 points.

Anastasia served very well to win 80% of the points (20/25) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (10/16) on her second serve. Pavlyuchenkova won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, the Japanese was fantastic in converting all the break points (1/1). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Pavlyuchenkova and Doi is 1-2 for Misaki.

Next Match: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Pavlyuchenkova will square off with Osaka in the final.

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

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

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• Elise MertensMertens – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Misaki DoiDoi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Angelique KerberKerber – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 4-6 2-1 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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