Naomi Osaka saves 2 MPs before beating Muguruza. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Osaka downs Muguruza to play Su-Wei Hsieh in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Naomi Osaka About Winnig A Battle Vs Muguruza

In a battle of former world no.1 Naomi Osaka aces the 2020 runner-up Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Osaka will seek to keep on going in this event against Su-Wei Hsieh in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Osaka
Melbourne
Osaka's Record

Naomi added to her prize money $ 205,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 525,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Osaka will add $ 325,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 850,000 in total.

Naomi Osaka about winning a battle

Osaka was pleased with the result. She commented:

“I think today was just a battle, like if I can just describe it in one word. For me, I feel like I’m very happy with myself for the way I overcame the match. I think maybe a year ago – definitely a year ago – I probably wouldn’t have won this match. There are so many things that I was thinking about on the court that just would have blocked me from trying to win the match or trying to problem solve.”

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Garbine Muguruza Australian Open – Melbourne

Osaka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Osaka
Muguruza
Naomi Osaka
4-6 6-4 7-5
1h:55
Garbine Muguruza
93
93
Total points
90
90
37
37
Winners
52
52
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
36
36
Unforced
28
28
56%
56%
Ratio Unforced
44%
44%
1/5
1/5
Net Approaches
9/12
9/12
20%
20%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
8
8
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
61%
61%
1st in
79%
79%
70%
70%
1st won
68%
68%
37/53
37/53
1st won
52/76
52/76
53%
53%
2nd won
30%
30%
18/34
18/34
2nd won
6/20
6/20
196
196
Fastest serve
173
173
176
176
AVG 1st Serve
160
160
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
135
135
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
4/8
4/8
36%
36%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Naomi scored 93 points vs. Garbine’s 90.

Osaka

Naomi fired 11 aces and she committed 4 double faults. Osaka won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Muguruza

On the other side, Garbine didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Su-Wei Hsieh – stats

Osaka will fight against Hsieh in the quarter.

This will be the 6th time that Naomi Osaka and Su-Wei Hsieh clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Osaka won 7-63 5-7 6-2 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.

Naomi Osaka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Osaka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Hsieh in the 2nd game (2-0). Muguruza managed to boost her lead after breaking Naomi in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Garbine converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Osaka was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 52 points. Muguruza conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Naomi (28-24). Garbine conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, Naomi conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

Hsieh had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Osaka in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Naomi managed to stage a good comeback to break Garbine in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Osaka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Muguruza converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 53 points. The contest during this set was so even that Naomi won barely 1 point more than Muguruza (27-26). Osaka surrendered 9 points on serve (17-9). In addition, on the other side, Muguruza conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).

Osaka won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Osaka broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.

Muguruza was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

They played 77 points. Osaka was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Garbine (42-35). Osaka conceded 14 points on serve (23-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Garbine conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).

 

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