Naomi Osaka will face Belinda Bencic in the Miami Open semifinal on Thursday. A few weeks ago, the Japanese sensation had some time to spend with Nick Kyrgios, trying to understand the secret of his deadly serve.
Naomi also had the opportunity to talk with Nick about all sorts of topics and she was positively impressed by the Australian player.
During a recent press conference, Naomi commented:
“For me, it’s been very interesting to watch him just because I never really could tell what his actual personality was like. But I would say he’s a nice guy, very polite and we have talked about stuff like that but not really deep, kind of more surface level.”
Osaka in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
WWLWLWLWLL Ranked world no.77, Naomi has a compiled 10-2 match record in 2022. The Japanese is currently having a run in Miami where she managed to beat Astra Sharma 6-3 6-4, Angelique Kerber 6-2 6-3, Karolina Muchova w/o, Alison Riske 6-3 6-4 and Danielle Rose Collins 6-2 6-1.
Naomi Osaka will square off with the world no.28 Belinda Bencic in the semifinal on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM. Their actual head to head record is 3-1 for Bencic.
The Japanese won 7 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Bencic in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
LLWWWLLWWW Currently ranked no.28, Bencic has achieved a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2022. The Swiss is currently competing in Miami where she toppled Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-1, Heather Watson 6-4 6-1, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-3 and Daria Saville 6-1 6-2.
Belinda Bencic will square off with the world no.77 Naomi Osaka in the semifinal on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM. Their current head to head is 3-1 for Bencic.
Belinda won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Naomi Osaka and Belinda Bencic played each other 4 times. Their current record is 3-1 for Bencic. The last time they squared off, Belinda Bencic won 7-5 6-4 in the 4th round in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2019.
Here the video highlights.
Nick Kyrgios in 2022
Currently the world no.102, Kyrgios played his last match on the 29th of March when he surrendered to world no.11 Jannik Sinner 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami (draw).
At the moment, during this season Kyrgios has a 7-3 match record.
