Naomi Osaka blasts 18 aces vs. Bencic. Can she do the same vs. Swiatek in the Miami Open final?

Naomi found an amazing rythm on serve

Naomi Osaka Serve

On Thursday, Naomi Osaka had an amazing performance against Belinda Bencic. The Japanese sensation played extremely well especially on serve after blasting 18 aces. Osaka will play the soon-to-be world no.1 Iga Swiatek for the title and she definitely needs to replicate her performance on serve if she wants to have a strong chance to conquer the prestigious WTA1000.

Here is the video of Naomi’s 18 aces.

Osaka in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022

Naomi Osaka

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2024 Highlights

At the moment ranked no.77, Naomi has a composed 11-2 record in 2022. The Japanese is playing in Miami where she bested 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 take on the world no.2 Iga Swiatek in the final. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Osaka.

The Japanese won 7 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)

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Swiatek in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022

Iga Swiatek

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22 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked no.2 (career-high), the Pole has achieved a composed 25-3 record in 2022. Swiatek is playing at the moment in Miami where she bested 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 record is 1-0 for Osaka.

The Pole 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)

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Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek fought against each other only once. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka. When they played, Naomi Osaka won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Toronto (Rogers Cup) in August 2019.

You can watch the highlights in the following video.

Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek

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