MELBOURNE RESULTS. Naomi Osaka dispatches Bouzkova in the 1st round

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. Osaka defeats Bouzkova to compete against Saisai Zheng in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Marie Bouzkova

Naomi Osaka bests Marie Bouzkova 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Osaka will play against Saisai Zheng in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Osaka in this set didn’t concede much to Bouzkova and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Marie in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The Czech had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

Naomi won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Naomi broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

The Czech was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Naomi scored 64 points vs. Bouzkova’s 49 points.

Osaka won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Marie wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 17%1/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Osaka and Bouzkova is 1-0 for Naomi.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Marie Bouzkova Australian Open – Melbourne

Osaka’s Interview

After the match, Naomi commented: “For me it’s really odd here. I just feel really happy. I don’t really have this mentality of, I’m, like, defending now. It’s really weird. “But I’m very thankful for it, because I think if I did go into the match with that, I would have been more tense.”

Next Match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Saisai Zheng – stats

Osaka will square off with Zheng in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Naomi Osaka and Saisai Zheng play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Osaka won 6-4 7-63 in the qualifications in Madrid back in 2016.

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