Naomi Osaka will face Nina Stojanovic in the 3rd round of the Miami Open on Sunday at 11:00 am on Grandstand. The world no.2 is the hot favorite to win this match and that should happen in straight sets. However, Osaka needs to be careful about Stojanovic that reached the 3rd round after playing 4 matches coming from the qualifications.
Nina is the Serbian no.1. She has been playing probably the best tennis of her career and she is ready to give hell to the Japanese no.1. During a recent interview with WTA Insider, Stojanovic explained why she has been playing so well in 2021.
“I think that all these good results this year is because I was really hungry to play tournaments. For the first time in my life, I did an off-season for more than four weeks.
I did around six to eight weeks because of the Covid in the world. My reaction to that was not, “Oh my God, I will have to practice six weeks without competing.” Actually, that was a huge challenge for me because I wanted to see what can I make of my body and how will my body respond afterward at the tournaments. ”
Stojanovic in Miami, ranking, and results in 2021
Now the world no.95, Nina achieved a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2021. The Serbian is competing in Miami where she defeated Linda Fruhvirtova 4-6 6-4 6-2, Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4 6-3, Heather Watson 6-4 6-1 and Yulia Putintseva 5-7 7-5 6-2.
Nina Stojanovic will compete against the world no.2 Naomi Osaka in the 3rd round on Sunday at 11:00 am on Grandstand. They have never played each other as of now in top competitions.
Osaka in Miami, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.2, the Japanese has achieved a composed 11-0 match record in 2021. The Japanese is now having a run in Miami where she managed to beat Ajla Tomljanovic 7-63 6-4.
Naomi Osaka will come up against the world no.95 Nina Stojanovic in the 3rd round on Sunday at 11:00 am on Grandstand. They have never played each other until now in top events.
Naomi has won 1 title in 2021 at the Australian Open.
The Japanese won 7 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
