Sometimes things can reach an all-new level of awkwardness. Dayana Yastremska is definitely one of the most interesting prospects and personalities in women’s tennis, but on Tuesday she was blown away by Naomi Osaka in the Western & Southern Open. This clash had a lot of meaning since Naomi won her 2 slams under the guidance of Sascha Bajin that his Dayana’s current coach. Unfortunately, after doing an excellent job with Naomi, Sascha was badly fired soon after Osaka won the Australian Open for unknown reasons (impossible to comment about that). Later Bajin coached for a limited amount of time Kristina Mladenovic with excellent results, but then she decided to abandon the Frenchwoman to coach Yastremska.
Dayana and Sascha looked to enjoy a fantastic relationship, but Dayana’s results were not the ones that everyone expected from this partnership (at least for now). Still, the Ukrainian ace is ranked 25 and she has the full potential to break in the top20 with such a great coach.
Day off! @BigSascha @D_Yastremska #DYteam pic.twitter.com/aJoT9Rd7tX
— Dayana Yastremska (@D_Yastremska) December 14, 2019
However, things got extremely weird after Naomi defeated Dayana. Sascha wrote a nice message on Twitter congratulating the Japanese and her team for the match saying: “Congratulations to @naomiosaka and her team. She was the better player out there today and good luck for the rest of the tournament. #ClnCyTENNIS”
Dayana replied to Sascha’s message on Twitter saying: “I always thought that I remain the best player on the court in your eyes, even if I lose.”
Awkward.
Dayana Yastremska in 2020
At the moment ranked no.25, Yastremska played her last match on the 25th of August when she was defeated by Naomi Osaka 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York.
Dayana Yastremska’s best achievement of the year was reaching the final in Adelaide.
Osaka in New York, ranking, and results in 2020
Currently the world no.10, Naomi has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2020. Naomi is now competing in New York where she bested Karolina Muchova 6-75 6-4 6-2 and Dayana Yastremska 6-3 6-1.
Naomi Osaka will take on Kontaveit in the quarter. The head to head is 3-0 for Osaka.
Naomi won 5 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Dayana Yastremska and Naomi Osaka played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka. When they played, Naomi Osaka won 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York (Western & Southern Open) on the 25th of August 2020.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
