Naomi Osaka draw, H2H vs Azarenka to win New York

New York draw - Naomi Osaka needs to oust Victoria Azarenka to conquer the title in Western & Southern Open.

29 August 2020

Naomi Osaka is 1 win away to conquer the title in New York. The Japanese has defeated Karolina Muchova 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-2, Dayana Yastremska 6-3 6-1, Anett Kontaveit 4-6 6-2 7-5 and Elise Mertens 6-2 7-6⁵ to reach the final where she will face Victoria Azarenka.

Draw Prediction with head to head records

This is Naomi Osaka’s draw at the Western & Southern Open.

R1 – Bye

R2 – Karolina Muchova (26) – 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-2

R3 – Dayana Yastremska (25) – 6-3 6-1

1/4 – Anett Kontaveit (20) – 4-6 6-2 7-5

1/2 – Elise Mertens (22) – 6-2 7-6⁵

Fin – Victoria Azarenka (59) – H2H 2-1

Final – Victoria Azarenka’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-1 for Naomi Osaka

Victoria Azarenka has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard. Regarding the previous 3 years, Victoria has a 29-19 record on hard. Azarenka will try to keep a positive momentum since she is on a 5 matches winning streak.

Azarenka’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in New York.

Last year in Western & Southern Open Azarenka surrendered to Donna Vekic in the 2^nd round 6-2 7-5.

H2H Naomi Osaka vs. Victoria Azarenka

This contest would be 4^th time that Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but Azarenka leads 1-0 on hard .