On Thursday, Naomi Osaka won a fantastic semi-final at the Miami Open against Belinda Bencic to face Iga Swiatek for the title. Naomi Osaka is well known for not being shy in showing her emotions. The Japanese sensation was in tears after she defeated Bencic.
Unfortunately, a couple of weeks ago, Naomi couldn’t hold her tears in Indian Wells, where she was insulted by a heckler. As per her own admission, this time in Miami, Naomi Osaka was crying for happiness.
Naomi commented:
“I would say definitely happiness. I think the semis meant a lot to me. Like warming up I was so nervous. I felt like I wasn’t moving my feet that great.
I wanted to go into this tournament and test myself, and I feel like she was probably the best opponent in the world for that. I didn’t have good memories playing against her. So I’m glad that I was able to get through, and I think — it wasn’t really relief, but it was definitely happiness.”
Osaka in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWWLWLWLW Currently ranked no.77, Naomi has a 11-2 win-loss record in 2022. The Japanese is now having a run in Miami where she defeated Astra Sharma 6-3 6-4, Angelique Kerber 6-2 6-3, Karolina Muchova w/o, Alison Riske 6-3 6-4, Danielle Rose Collins 6-2 6-1 and Belinda Bencic 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Naomi Osaka will play the world no.2 Iga Swiatek in the final. Their current record is 1-0 for Osaka.
Naomi won 7 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Belinda Bencic in 2022
LWWWWWWWLW Ranked world no.28, the Swiss played her last match on the 31st of March when she lost to world no.77 Naomi Osaka 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Miami (draw).
At the moment, during this season Belinda has a compiled 9-6 record. Belinda Bencic’s latest run in Miami was the best achievement of her season.
Naomi Osaka and Belinda Bencic fought against each other 5 times. Their current record is 3-2 for Bencic. Before, the last time they fought against each other, Naomi Osaka won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Miami (Miami Open) on the 31st of March 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Swiatek in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
WWWWLWLWWW Currently the world no.2 (career-high), Swiatek has managed to achieve an overall 25-3 win-loss record in 2022. Swiatek is currently competing in Miami where she managed to beat Viktorija Golubic 6-2 6-0, Madison Brengle 6-0 6-3, Cori Gauff 6-3 6-1, Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-3 and Jessica Pegula 6-2 7-5.
Iga Swiatek will face the world no.77 Naomi Osaka in the final. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Osaka.
Iga has won 2 titles in 2022 in Doha and in Indian Wells.
Swiatek won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts and 2 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)
