Naomi Osaka breezes past Dayana Yastremska 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Anett Kontaveit in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Osaka clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately managing to win the set (6-3).
Naomi converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Dayana was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 57 points. Naomi was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Yastremska (31-26). Naomi conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Dayana conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Osaka had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Yastremska in the 1st game (1-0). Naomi managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Ukrainian in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The Ukrainian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Osaka converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 49 points. Osaka won 11 more points than the Ukrainian (30-19). Naomi surrendered 8 points on serve (16-8). on the other side of the net, Dayana conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Osaka will add to her prize money $ 21,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 43,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 32,000 to her earnings to earn $ 75,000 in total.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 61 points vs. Yastremska’s 45.
Osaka served extremely well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (13/26) on her second serve. The Japanese was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8). On the other side, Dayana wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Yastremska is 1-0 for Naomi.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Dayana Yastremska Western & Southern Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats
Osaka will compete against Kontaveit in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Naomi Osaka and Anett Kontaveit face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kontaveit won w/o in the semifinal in Stuttgart back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in New York
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-2 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
