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
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)
Swiatek in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
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)
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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