Naomi Osaka and Irina-Camelia Begu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Gippsland Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.118
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 7.3
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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Irina-Camelia Begu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Naomi Osaka
Ranked no. 3, Osaka reached the quarter after beating Alize Cornet 6-2 6-2 and Katie Boulter 3-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 3rd round against Boulter, Osaka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Osaka scored 92 points vs Boulter’s 72. Osaka was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Osaka bagged 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Naomi Osaka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Osaka put 49% of her first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Boulter 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Osaka has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (208-112). 2-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Osaka has a 142-68 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Japanese has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Japanese lost in the 3rd round to Cori Gauff.
Irina-Camelia Begu
Ranked no. 79, the Romanian reached the quarter after defeating Saisai Zheng 3-6 7-5 6-4, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Johanna Konta 4-6 7-610 7-64.
In the 3rd round against Konta, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-610 7-64). During the match Begu scored 129 points vs Konta’s 124. Begu was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Begu fired 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 63% of her first serves in, winning 66% (49/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Begu broke Konta 4 times after converting 29% of her break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Begu has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Begu capitulated in the 1st round to Kiki Bertens.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Osaka | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 99 |
| Pts | 152-115 | 334-324 |
| Total Points | 267 | 658 |
| Winners | 56 | 145 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Osaka played 2 matches while Begu competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Naomi Osaka conceded 1 set, while Irina-Camelia Begu surrendered 3 sets. Osaka has played 4 set(s) less than Begu (5 vs 9). Therefore, Osaka played 58 games less than Begu. The Japanese scored 56 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 145 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Osaka | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 71/141 | 211/332 |
| %1st in | 50% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 56/71 | 145/211 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 34/70 | 48/121 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 40% |
Osaka made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Begu recorded 9 aces (3 per match). Osaka won 79% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Begu won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Osaka | Begu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 15 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 15/36 |
| % Converted | 56% | 42% |
| Conceded | 9 | 38 |
| Saved | 6 | 24 |
| % Saved | 67% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 14 |
The Japanese broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Naomi conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 15 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Osaka | ||||
| R2 Cornet |
R3 Boulter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 41 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 92-72 | 152-115 | |
| Total points | 103 | 164 | 267 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/65 | 37/76 | 71/141 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 49% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 32/37 | 56/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 86% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/39 | 34/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/12 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 42% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Begu | |||||
| R1 Zheng |
R2 Sasnovich |
R3 Konta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 7-610 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 | 36 | 99 | |
| pts | 106-104 | 99-96 | 129-124 | 334-324 | |
| Total points | 210 | 195 | 253 | 658 | |
| Winners | 49 | 47 | 49 | 145 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 66/110 | 71/104 | 74/118 | 211/332 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 68% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 49/66 | 47/71 | 49/74 | 145/211 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 66% | 66% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/44 | 10/33 | 21/44 | 48/121 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 30% | 48% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 7/12 | 4/14 | 15/36 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 58% | 29% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | 8 | 38 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 9/15 | 3/8 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 38% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-74 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Katie BoulterBoulter (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Johanna KontaKonta (4-6 7-610 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
