Naomi Osaka is about to face Iga Swiatek in the Miami Open final on Saturday. The Polish player has just won Indian Wells and she is 1 step from conquering the so-called Sunshine Double (winning Indian Wells and Miami back to back in the same year).
During a recent press conference, Naomi admitted that playing in Indian Wells and Miami is extremely difficult after winning the title in the desert. Naomi recalled how challenging it was for her to play Serena Williams in the opening match in Miami back in 2018 after conquering Indian Wells. Naomi ended up winning that match 6-3 6-2.
Naomi commented:
“Yeah, I think it’s really amazing to see how far she’s come. I know when I won Indian Wells I was really dead, and then they made me play Serena in the first round. I was like, Whoa, dude.'”
Talking about Iga’s challenge, Naomi added:
“It’s incredible to see she [Swiatek] is still in this tournament and still fighting and going to be No. 1 soon or already. It’s cool. I think the WTA is definitely doing its thing.”
Osaka in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
At the moment ranked no.77, Naomi owns a 11-2 record in 2022. Naomi is playing in Miami where she toppled 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 square off with the world no.2 Iga Swiatek in the final on Saturday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. Their actual head to head 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)
Swiatek in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently the world no.2 (career-high), Iga has a 25-3 record in 2022. Swiatek is participating in Miami where she toppled 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 square off with the world no.77 Naomi Osaka in the final on Saturday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. Their current record is 1-0 for Osaka.
The Pole conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Doha and in Indian Wells.
The Pole 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 just 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.
Serena Williams in 2022
Now the world no.240, the American played her last match on the 29th of June 2021 when she had to retire when playing against world no.60 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st round and the scoreline was 3-3 .
Currently, during this year Serena Williams has a 0-0 win-loss record.
Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek and Serena Williams |
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