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

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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Anisimova
Osaka
4-6 6-3 7-65
2h:15
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.

Live score progression and stats

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).

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).

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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