Naomi Osaka outlasts Anett Kontaveit 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Osaka will try to keep the momentum against Elise Mertens in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Anett clinched in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Kontaveit was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, the Estonian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Anett conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Japanese (29-22). Kontaveit was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the net, Naomi conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Kontaveit got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Osaka in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Naomi managed to stage a good comeback to break Anett 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Kontaveit was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-2 to 6-2.
The Japanese converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Anett converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Osaka conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Kontaveit (30-18). The Japanese surrendered 11 points on serve (16-11). In addition, on the other side, Anett conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Osaka overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kontaveit in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Osaka to win the set as Anett succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Japanese kept her cool to break the Estonian in the 12th (7-5) game.
The Japanese converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kontaveit was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40).
They contested 68 points. Naomi was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Estonian (37-31). The Japanese dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Anett conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
Naomi will add to her prize money $ 32,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 75,000 until now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Osaka will add $ 77,999 to her earnings to get in total $ 152,999.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, Osaka scored 90 points vs. Anett’s 81.
Osaka served pretty well to win 80% of the points (37/46) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 47% points (18/38) on her second serve. The Japanese didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10). On the other side, Anett was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Kontaveit is 4-0 for Naomi.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Anett Kontaveit Western & Southern Open – New York
Osaka’s Interview
Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens – stats
Osaka will square off with Mertens in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Naomi Osaka and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Osaka and Mertens (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Osaka won 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Osaka back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in New York
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-69 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elise MertensMertens – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Johanna KontaKonta – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H details and stats
