Amanda Anisimova shocks Osaka in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

    AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Anisimova upsets Osaka to take on Ashleigh Barty in the 4th round

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Amanda Anisimova vs. Naomi Osaka

    Amanda Anisimova shocks the defending champion Naomi Osaka 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Anisimova will fight against Ashleigh Barty in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

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    Anisimova's Record

    The American added to her prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

    Highlights Amanda Anisimova vs. Naomi Osaka Australian Open – Melbourne

    Anisimova’s Interview

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Anisimova
    Osaka
    Amanda Anisimova
    4-6 6-3 7-65
    2h:15
    Naomi Osaka
    116
    116
    Total points
    109
    109
    57
    57
    Winners
    50
    50
    49%
    49%
    Ratio Winners
    46%
    46%
    44
    44
    Unforced
    45
    45
    49%
    49%
    Ratio Unforced
    51%
    51%
    6/6
    6/6
    Net Approaches
    3/4
    3/4
    100%
    100%
    Perc
    75%
    75%
    -- Serve --
    11
    11
    Aces
    5
    5
    8
    8
    Double Faults
    3
    3
    68%
    68%
    1st in
    61%
    61%
    72%
    72%
    1st won
    76%
    76%
    57/79
    57/79
    1st won
    50/66
    50/66
    61%
    61%
    2nd won
    52%
    52%
    23/38
    23/38
    2nd won
    22/42
    22/42
    179
    179
    Fastest serve
    197
    197
    166
    166
    AVG 1st Serve
    178
    178
    149
    149
    AVG 2nd Serve
    136
    136
    -- Break Points --
    1/8
    1/8
    Total
    1/10
    1/10
    13%
    13%
    Won
    10%
    10%
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    At the end of the match, Amanda scored 116 points vs. Osaka’s 109.

    Anisimova

    Amanda struck 11 aces and she committed 8 double faults. Anisimova won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 13% (1/8) of the procured opportunities.

    Osaka

    On the other side, Naomi was not so effective in converting her break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

    After this contest, the head to head between Anisimova and Osaka is 1-0 for Amanda.

    Draw and next match H2H: Amanda Anisimova vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats

    Anisimova will come up against Barty in the 4th round.

    This will be the 2nd time that Amanda Anisimova and Ashleigh Barty square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Barty (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

    The last time that they locked horns, Barty won 6-74 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Paris back in 2019.

    Amanda Anisimova Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    1st Set -
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    Barty had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Naomi Osaka in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Naomi to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

    Osaka was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Amanda wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

    They played 63 points. The Japanese won 9 points more than Amanda (36-27). Osaka lost 7 points on serve (22-7). In addition, on the other side, Anisimova conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).

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    The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Amanda grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).

    Anisimova converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Naomi was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

    They contested 68 points. Anisimova won 8 points more than the Japanese (38-30). Amanda lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the other side, Osaka conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

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    Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Amanda won a thrilling breaker 10-5 after a huge fight with 15 points played.

    Tiebreak

    Anisimova won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 12th (8-4) and 15th (10-5) point.

    Amanda won the tiebreak 10-5 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4, 8-4, 8-5, 9-5, 10-5

    The American was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Naomi was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A).

    They contested 94 points. Anisimova was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Osaka (51-43). The American lost 11 points on serve (36-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Naomi conceded 15 points on serve (32-15).

     

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