Naomi Osaka will play Maria Sakkari on Wednesday for a place in the Miami Open semifinal. The Japanese no.1 looks in glorious form and she remains the favorite to win the tournament in South Florida.
In the meantime, Naomi didn’t forget to update her Instagram account with a couple of beautiful pictures for the happiness of her fans. Those pictures earned more than 129K likes in few hours.
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Osaka in Miami, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.2, Osaka has managed to achieve an overall 12-0 win-loss record in 2021. Naomi is now competing in Miami where she beat Ajla Tomljanovic 7-63 6-4, Nina Stojanovic w/o and Elise Mertens 6-3 6-3.
Naomi Osaka will come up against the world no.25 Maria Sakkari in the quarter on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Grandstand. Their actual head to head record is 3-1 for Osaka.
Naomi has won 1 title in 2021 at the Australian Open.
Osaka won 7 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Sakkari in Miami, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.25, Sakkari has managed to achieve a composed 11-5 match record in 2021. Maria is competing in Miami where she beat Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-3, Liudmila Samsonova 6-0 6-1 and Jessica Pegula 6-4 2-6 7-66.
Naomi Osaka and Maria Sakkari faced off 4 times. Their current head to head is 3-1 for Osaka. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Naomi Osaka won 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in Brisbane (Brisbane International) in January 2020.
In the video below you can watch the highlights.
