MELBOURNE RESULTS. Osaka dispatches Zheng in the 2nd round

Naomi Osaka beats Saisai Zheng 6-2 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Osaka will engage against Cori Gauff in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Osaka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Zheng in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Japanese to win the set because the Chinese succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The Japanese kept her focus to break Zheng in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Saisai was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

2^nd set.

Naomi won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (2-3) game. The Japanese broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Zheng was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 61 points vs. Zheng’s 46 points.

Naomi was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12). On the other side, Zheng was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Zheng is 2-0 for Naomi.

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Osaka will square off with Gauff in the 3^rd round.

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

The last time that they played each other, Osaka won 6-3 6-0 in the 3^rd round in New York back in 2019.

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