Naomi Osaka dispatches Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-74 6-2 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Osaka is going to play against Anett Kontaveit in the 4th round.
Live score progression and stats
Osaka won the set after she broke Kostyuk in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Osaka missed the opportunity to break Kostyuk in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Osaka converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Osaka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 63 points. Naomi conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Ukrainian (34-29). The Japanese lost 8 points on serve (16-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Marta conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).
The Ukrainian won the set after she broke the Japanese in the 7th (4-3) game. The Japanese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Marta maintained the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Kostyuk won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Japanese won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Kostyuk converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Naomi converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 98 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Ukrainian won just 2 points more than Osaka (50-48). Marta dropped 21 points on serve (33-21). on the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
The Japanese in this set was more solid than Marta and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Marta in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Kostyuk was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Japanese converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Kostyuk was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 51 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 17 points more than the Ukrainian (34-17). Naomi dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Osaka will add to her prize money $ 87,000 after managing to win this match. She has won already $ 250,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Naomi will add $ 175,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 425,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
After this encounter, the head to head between Osaka and Kostyuk is 1-0 for Naomi.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Marta Kostyuk U.S. Open – New York
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Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats
Osaka will square off with Kontaveit in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Naomi Osaka and Anett Kontaveit clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Osaka won 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in New York back in August 2020.
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