Naomi Osaka sweeps aside Maryna Zanevska 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Andrea Petkovic in the quarter. The match lasted just 58 minutes.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Maryna Zanevska Melbourne Summer Set 1 – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Naomi scored 57 points vs. Zanevska’s 31.
Osaka
The Japanese served pretty well to win 90% of the points (18/20) behind her first serve, and she won 60% points (12/20) on her second serve. Osaka won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Zanevska
On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Zanevska is 1-0 for Naomi.
Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Andrea Petkovic – stats
Osaka will compete against Petkovic in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Naomi Osaka and Andrea Petkovic face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Osaka and Petkovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Osaka won 6-2 6-0 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Osaka conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Maryna Zanevska in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Osaka extended her lead after breaking Zanevska in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
They played 41 points. Naomi was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Maryna (26-15). The Japanese dropped 5 points on serve (15-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Maryna conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Osaka got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Maryna Zanevska in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Naomi extended her lead after breaking the Belgian in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
A crucial moment of this set was when Osaka won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Osaka converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Naomi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Maryna (30-16). The Japanese conceded 5 points on serve (14-5). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
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