Naomi Osaka defeats a nightmare and Garcia in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Osaka brushes past Garcia to face Ons Jabeur in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Naomi Osaka About Having A Nightmare

Naomi Osaka obliterates Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a good match to clash against Ons Jabeur in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 01 minute. Naomi won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Osaka
Melbourne
Osaka's Record

The Japanese added to her prize money $ 65,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Naomi will add $ 105,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

The nightmare

Osaka was delighted about the outcome of the match. She revealed that she had a nasty nightmare before the match:

“Going into this match I was really nervous and I actually had a really bad dream about it

For me, my dreams are very telling of the future. Like, usually I have dreams and they come true. Last night I had a dream that I lost this match, and I really didn’t feel good about it.”

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Caroline Garcia Australian Open – Melbourne

Osaka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Osaka
Garcia
Naomi Osaka
6-2 6-3
1h:01
Caroline Garcia
61
61
Total points
39
39
24
24
Winners
20
20
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
14
14
Unforced
14
14
50%
50%
Ratio Unforced
50%
50%
2/3
2/3
Net Approaches
4/4
4/4
67%
67%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
58%
58%
1st in
67%
67%
86%
86%
1st won
57%
57%
24/28
24/28
1st won
20/35
20/35
70%
70%
2nd won
53%
53%
14/20
14/20
2nd won
9/17
9/17
195
195
Fastest serve
176
176
176
176
AVG 1st Serve
159
159
138
138
AVG 2nd Serve
140
140
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/0
0/0
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Osaka scored 61 points vs. Caroline’s 39.

Osaka

Osaka served very well to win 86% of the points (24/28) behind her first serve, and she won 70% points (14/20) on her second serve. Osaka fired 10 aces and she committed 2 double faults. The Japanese won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Garcia

On the other side, Caroline wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Naomi was just to good and the French player had no opportunity to win this match.

After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Garcia is 1-0 for Naomi.

Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Osaka will come up against Jabeur in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Ons Jabeur since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Naomi Osaka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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OsakaGarcia
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0
0
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Naomi in this set played at a much higher level than Caroline and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Garcia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

They contested 41 points. Osaka was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than the French player (27-14). The Japanese dropped 5 points on serve (15-5). On the losing side, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Japanese snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).

The Japanese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Osaka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. The Japanese won 11 points more than Garcia (29-18). Osaka was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).

 

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