When Naomi Osaka beat Brady in a tough semifinal at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Naomi Osaka will face Jennifer Brady in the Australian Open final to try to win her 4th major. The Japanese champion has recently faced the upcoming American player in the US Open semifinal. That was a battle for Naomi that found the solution only in the decider 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3.

This is what happened in that match with the highlights, interview, and hot shot!

New York

Osaka's Record

Naomi added to her prize money $ 700,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 1,500,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 1,500,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 3,000,000 in total.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Jennifer Brady U.S. Open – New York

HOT SHOT

Osaka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Osaka

Brady

7-6¹ 3-6 6-3

99

99

Total points

88

88

43

43

Winners

41

41

43%

43%

Ratio Winners

47%

47%

17

17

Unforced

25

25

40%

40%

Ratio Unforced

60%

60%

4/5

4/5

Net Approaches

10/12

10/12

80%

80%

Perc

83%

83%

-- Serve --

9

9

Aces

10

10

1

1

Double Faults

2

2

57%

57%

1st in

54%

54%

84%

84%

1st won

77%

77%

43/51

43/51

1st won

41/53

41/53

58%

58%

2nd won

51%

51%

22/38

22/38

2nd won

23/45

23/45

193

193

Fastest serve

188

188

175

175

AVG 1^st Serve

176

176

129

129

AVG 2^nd Serve

139

139

-- Break Points --

1/4

1/4

Total

1/2

1/2

25%

25%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 99 points vs. Brady’s 88.

Osaka

Naomi served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (43/51) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (22/38) on her second serve. Osaka won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.

Brady

On the other side, Brady didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Osaka and Brady is 2-1 for Naomi.

Live score progression and stats

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Osaka had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-1.

Tiebreak

Osaka won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 6^th (5-1), 7^th (6-1) and 8^th (7-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-c

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Jennifer wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7^th game (3-3 40-A).

They contested 79 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Brady (45-34). Osaka surrendered 8 points on serve (29-8). on the other side of the net, Brady conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Brady grabbed in the 8^th game (5-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

They played 49 points. Brady was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Osaka (29-20). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

Similarly to the 2^nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Osaka conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).

The Japanese lost 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

The semifinals results

• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Jennifer BradyBrady (7-6¹ 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Serena WilliamsWilliams (1-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression