BRISBANE RESULTS. Osaka downs Kenin in the 2nd round of the Brisbane International

Naomi Osaka gets the better of Sofia Kenin 6-7³ 6-3 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Brisbane on Thursday. Osaka will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Kiki Bertens in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Sofia won the breaker at 3.

2^nd set.

Osaka had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Kenin in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Naomi to win the set because Kenin succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Naomi kept her cool to break Sofia in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

3^rd set.

Osaka had a strong start of this set after breaking Kenin in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Japanese managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Sofia in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Naomi scored 111 points vs. the American’s 90 points.

Naomi served pretty well to win 78% of the points (43/55) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (22/44) on her second serve. Naomi blasted 18 aces and she committed 3 double faults. The Japanese won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 31% (5/16). On the other side, Sofia was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Kenin is 2-1 for Naomi.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Sofia Kenin Brisbane International – Brisbane

Osaka’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Kiki Bertens – stats

Osaka will square off with Bertens in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Naomi Osaka and Kiki Bertens square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Osaka and Bertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bertens won w/o in the quarter in Rome back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Brisbane

• Jennifer BradyBrady – Ashleigh BartyBarty (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-7³ 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Samantha StosurStosur (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jennifer BradyBrady – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-1) – See H2H details
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Madison KeysKeys (1-0) – See H2H details
• Kiki BertensBertens – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-1) – See H2H details
• Alison RiskeRiske – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-6) – See H2H details