Naomi Osaka will face Su-Wei Hsieh in what will definitely be a very entertaining quarterfinal at the Australian Open.
Naomi Osaka has recently stated that while the Taiwanese is extremely entertaining to watch, it’s definitely not fun playing against her. Su-Wei has rather unorthodox tennis that is impossible to read. The Japanese sensation has often struggled against even if she has a 4-1 win/loss record.
That epic match in 2019
Back in 2019, Naomi won an incredible match against Hsieh after she was 5-7 1-4 down. Eventually, Naomi conquered 11 of th following 12 games to win 5-7 6-4 6-1.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Su-Wei Hsieh Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Osaka scored 102 points vs. Su-Wei’s 89.
Osaka
Naomi was effective at converting 64% of the break points that she procured (7/11).
Hsieh
On the other side, Su-Wei wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 27% – 4/15). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Osaka and Hsieh is 4-1 for Naomi.
Live score progression and stats
Su-Wei won the set after she broke Osaka 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Naomi tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Notwithstanding, Hsieh maintained the focus to conquer the set 7-5.
Su-Wei converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Osaka converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, Hsieh won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Hsieh conceded 17 points on serve (21-17). On the losing side, Naomi conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
had a great start in this set after breaking Osaka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Naomi refused to bow to come back to break Hsieh in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Hsieh lost the 7th game (3-4) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. Su-Wei was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Naomi was spot on in converting all her break points in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Hsieh converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 61 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Osaka won just 1 point more than Su-Wei (31-30). Naomi conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). On the losing side, Su-Wei conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Osaka had a great start in this set after breaking in the 1st game (1-0). Naomi managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Hsieh in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Su-Wei was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Naomi converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Naomi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. Osaka was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Su-Wei (32-20). Naomi lost 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, Su-Wei conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
