Naomi Osaka and Jennifer Brady will clash against each other in the semifinal of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.51
Jennifer Brady -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Jennifer Brady
This will be the 3rd time that Naomi Osaka and Jennifer Brady square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Brady won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the 1100032517 back in 1970.
Naomi Osaka
Ranked no. 9, the Japanese got to the 1st round after beating Misaki Doi 6-2 5-7 6-2, Camila Giorgi 6-1 6-2, Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-74 6-2, Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-4 and Shelby Rogers 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Rogers (6-3 6-4). During the match Osaka scored 68 points vs Rogers’s 45. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Osaka managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Naomi Osaka was very effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of her 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Rogers 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Osaka has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (205-113). 14-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Osaka has a 139-69 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in New York.
The Japanese has a 14-3 win-loss record in 2020, 14-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Naomi capitulated in the 4th round to Belinda Bencic.
Jennifer Brady
Ranked no. 41, Brady reached the 1st round after beating Anna Blinkova 6-3 6-2, Catherine Cartan Bellis 6-1 6-2, Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3, Angelique Kerber 6-1 6-4 and Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Jennifer had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-3 6-2). During the match Brady scored 54 points vs Putintseva’s 40. Jennifer was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Brady managed to score 6 aces and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jennifer Brady lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Brady put 63% of her first serves in, winning 58% (18/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. Jennifer broke Putintseva 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Lexington where she overcame Jil Teichmann in the final 6-3 6-4.
The American has a 22-6 win-loss record in 2020, 22-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Jennifer had to surrender in the 1st round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Osaka | Brady |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 12 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 111 | 84 |
| Pts | 411-315 | 314-222 |
| Total Points | 726 | 536 |
| Winners | 148 | 122 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Osaka and Brady played 5 matches. At the moment, Naomi Osaka conceded 2 sets while Jennifer Brady hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Osaka has played 2 sets more than Brady (12 vs 10). Therefore, Osaka played 27 games more than Brady. Naomi scored 148 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 122 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Osaka | Brady |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 1st in | 184/333 | 170/289 |
| %1st in | 55% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 148/184 | 122/170 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 85/149 | 66/119 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Osaka made 26 aces (5.2 per match). Brady managed to score 28 aces (5.6 per match). Osaka won 80% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Brady won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Osaka | Brady |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 22 |
| Converted | 20/55 | 22/46 |
| % Converted | 36% | 48% |
| Conceded | 19 | 22 |
| Saved | 15 | 16 |
| % Saved | 79% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Osaka broke her opponents 20 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 22 times with a 48% conversion rate. Jennifer conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.
| Osaka | |||||||
| R1 Doi |
R2 Giorgi |
R3 Kostyuk |
R4 Kontaveit |
1/4 Rogers |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-74 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 15 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 111 | |
| pts | 96-80 | 62-40 | 116-98 | 69-52 | 68-45 | 411-315 | |
| Total points | 176 | 102 | 214 | 121 | 113 | 726 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 40 | 27 | 20 | 148 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 34% | 39% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/91 | 33/52 | 49/94 | 32/45 | 24/51 | 184/333 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 63% | 52% | 71% | 47% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 26/33 | 40/49 | 27/32 | 20/24 | 148/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 82% | 84% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 10/19 | 23/45 | 9/13 | 19/27 | 85/149 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 51% | 69% | 70% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/7 | 5/21 | 3/11 | 3/5 | 20/55 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 57% | 24% | 27% | 60% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 2/2 | 7/8 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | – | 0% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Brady | |||||||
| R1 Blinkova |
R2 Cartan Bellis |
R3 Garcia |
R4 Kerber |
1/4 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 84 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 59-32 | 66-51 | 69-50 | 54-40 | 314-222 | |
| Total points | 115 | 91 | 117 | 119 | 94 | 536 | |
| Winners | 25 | 20 | 34 | 25 | 18 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 52% | 36% | 33% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 27/49 | 42/63 | 36/65 | 31/49 | 170/289 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 55% | 67% | 55% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 20/27 | 34/42 | 25/36 | 18/31 | 122/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | 81% | 69% | 58% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 11/22 | 9/21 | 17/29 | 13/18 | 66/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 50% | 43% | 59% | 72% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/14 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 5/7 | 22/46 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 43% | 60% | 40% | 71% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/6 | 0/2 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 60% | 100% | 83% | 0% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Tsvetana PironkovaPironkova (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elise MertensMertens (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Shelby RogersRogers (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alessandro BegaBega – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Tsvetana PironkovaPironkova (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elise MertensMertens (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (18-4) – H2H and prediction
