Naomi Osaka and Caroline Garcia will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.121
Caroline Garcia -> 6.65

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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Caroline Garcia

There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Caroline Garcia since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Naomi Osaka

Ranked no. 3, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (6-1 6-2). During the match Osaka scored 65 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 39. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Osaka scored 2 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Naomi Osaka was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Osaka broke Pavlyuchenkova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Osaka has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (210-112). 4-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Osaka has a 144-68 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Osaka’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.

Naomi has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Naomi lost in the 3rd round to Cori Gauff.

Caroline Garcia

Ranked no. 43, Garcia reached the 2nd round after beating Polona Hercog 7-66 6-3.

In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Hercog (7-66 6-3). During the match Garcia scored 85 points vs Hercog’s 71. Garcia was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Garcia made 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Caroline Garcia lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Garcia put 77% of her first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Hercog 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Caroline has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The French player capitulated in the 2nd round to Ons Jabeur.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Osaka Garcia
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 22
Pts 65-39 85-71
Total Points 104 156
Winners 22 39
%Winners 34% 46%

Both Osaka and Garcia played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Osaka and Garcia have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Osaka played 7 games less than Garcia. Naomi scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Garcia recorded 39 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Osaka Garcia
Aces 2 8
Avg per match 2 8
1st in 27/45 59/77
%1st in 60% 77%
1st pts 22/27 39/59
%1st pts 81% 66%
2nd pts 10/18 11/18
%2nd pts 56% 61%

Osaka blasted 2 aces . Garcia scored 8 aces . Osaka won 81% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Garcia won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Osaka Garcia
Won 5 3
Converted 5/7 3/7
% Converted 71% 43%
Conceded 2 5
Saved 1 4
% Saved 50% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Osaka broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Japanese lost her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Garcia conceded her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Osaka
R1
Pavlyuchenkova		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 65-39 65-39
Total points 104 104
Winners 22 22
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 27/45 27/45
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 22/27 22/27
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 10/18 10/18
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Garcia
R1
Hercog		 Total
Score 7-66 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 85-71 85-71
Total points 156 156
Winners 39 39
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 59/77 59/77
% 1st in 77% 77%
1st pts 39/59 39/59
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 11/18 11/18
% 2nd pts 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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