Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep and Aryna Sabalenka are all victorious after their first match in Madrid, while Cori Gauff had to surrender to Karolina Pliskova in 3 sets.
Naomi Osaka is notoriously not very confident on clay, and she didn’t start her match very well against fellow Japanese Misaki Doi commencing from a 0-2 score-line. Eventually, she found the solution to win the opener despite failing to serve out the set when she was leading 5-4. After clinching the opener, she won 7-5 6-2.
Simona Halep had an interesting match against Sara Sorribes Tormo. She was leading comfortably 6-0 5-1 when she lost 4 consecutive games out of the blue (5-5) before finding the strength to win 6-0 7-5.
Aryna Sabalenka had one of her devastating performances to beat former world number 2 Vera Zvonareva 6-1 6-2.
Coco Gauff had an interesting match against Karolina Pliskova. The young American looked to be in control of the match after winning the first set 7-5. However, Piskova found her range to win the second and third set without much struggle in a match that was full of unforced errors. The final result was 5-7 6-3 6-2.
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Osaka in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2021
Now the world no.2, Osaka has a 13-1 win-loss record in 2021. Naomi is playing at the moment in Madrid where she ousted Misaki Doi 7-5 6-2.
Naomi Osaka will play the world no.20 Karolina Muchova in the 2nd round. Their current record is 1-0 for Osaka.
Naomi has won 1 title in 2021 at the Australian Open.
Naomi won 7 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Halep in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently the world no.3, Simona achieved a composed 10-3 match record in 2021. The Romanian is now competing in Madrid where she managed to beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-0 7-5.
Simona Halep will face the world no.57 Saisai Zheng in the 2nd round. Their actual record is 2-0 for Halep.
Simona won 22 titles in her career: 9 on hard courts, 9 on clay courts, 2 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep played each other 5 times. The head to head is 4-1 for Halep. Previously, the last time they played, Simona Halep won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in May 2018.
Sabalenka in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.7 (career-high), Aryna has achieved an overall 19-6 win-loss record in 2021. The Belarussian is currently having a run in Madrid where she toppled Vera Zvonareva 6-1 6-2.
Aryna Sabalenka will square off with the world no.37 Darya Kasatkina in the 2nd round. The head to head is 2-1 for Sabalenka.
Sabalenka conquered 1 title in 2021 in Abu Dhabi. Aryna was the finalist in Stuttgart (Porsche Tennis Grand Prix).
The Belarussian won 9 titles in her career: 7 on hard courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Cori Gauff in 2021
Ranked world no.35 (career-high), Gauff played her last match on the 30th of April when she was defeated by world no.9 Karolina Pliskova 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Madrid (draw).
At present, during this year Gauff has a 14-8 record. Cori Gauff’s best accomplishment of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Aryna Sabalenka and Cori Gauff played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. Previously, the last time when they locked horns, Aryna Sabalenka won 1-6 7-5 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Ostrava (J&T Banka Ostrava Open) in October 2020.
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