Naomi Osaka and Stefanos Tsitsipas are on fantastic terms and they are both having a successful run at the current Australian Open.
Naomi has just reached the final after defeating her childhood hero Serena Williams. Stefano beat Rafael Nadal in the quarters, winning an impossible match after he lost the first 2 sets.
Naomi, Stefanos and the Greek food
During the on-court interview, Naomi had one of her funny stories. She revealed that she has been eating Japanese food for many days in Australia. However, the world no.3 confessed that the night before playing the semis against Serena, she decided to eat Greek food, which probably brought good luck to her and Stefanos.
She might go for Greek food again right before facing Jennifer Brady which will be the last hurdle between her and the Australian Open title.
A coincidence? 🍽️@naomiosaka had been eating Japanese food before her matches but switched it out for Greek food last night.
Since then, @steftsitsipas upset Rafael Nadal & she secured a win over Serena Williams.
"Maybe I should keep eating Greek food"#AusOpen | #AO2021 pic.twitter.com/0TP2oUwf26
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) February 18, 2021
Naomi Osaka, Jennifer Brady, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev
Osaka at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.3, Osaka achieved a compiled 9-0 win-loss record in 2021. The Japanese is now playing at the Australian Open where she toppled Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-2, Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3, Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-2, Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-4 7-5, Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 6-2 and Serena Williams 6-3 6-4.
Naomi Osaka will come up against Brady in the final.
Osaka won 6 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Brady at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.24 (career-high), Brady achieved a 9-2 match record in 2021. Brady is now playing at the Australian Open where she toppled Aliona Bolsova 6-1 6-3, Madison Brengle 6-1 6-2, Kaja Juvan 6-1 6-3, Donna Vekic 6-1 7-5, Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-2 6-1 and Karolina Muchova 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Naomi Osaka and Jennifer Brady played each other only twice. Their record is 2-0 for Osaka. The last time they played each other, Naomi Osaka won 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2020.
In the video below you can watch the highlights.
Tsitsipas at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked world no.6, Tsitsipas has a compiled 6-0 record in 2021. The Greek is currently having a run at the Australian Open where he ousted Gilles Simon 6-1 6-2 6-1, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-4, Mikael Ymer 6-4 6-1 6-1, Matteo Berrettini w/o and Rafael Nadal 3-6 2-6 7-64 6-4 7-5.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will play Medvedev in the semifinal.
Stefanos won 5 titles in his career: 1 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Medvedev at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked world no.4 (career-high), the Russian has a composed 9-0 record in 2021. The Russian is playing at the moment at the Australian Open where he toppled Vasek Pospisil 6-2 6-2 6-4, Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 7-5 6-1, Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-0, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-2 6-3 and Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-3 6-2.
Daniil won 10 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts and 5 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev played each other 6 times. The head to head is 5-1 for Medvedev. The last time they competed against each other, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the round robin in London (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2019.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
