Naomi Osaka and Barbora Strycova are in great terms, but tomorrow in Tokyo they will be enemies.
The Japanese and the Czech will clash for a place in the Tokyo semifinal
Naomi is on an 8 matches winning streak after she won the opening match in Tokyo 6-2 6-1 over Dominica Cibulkova to prolong her positive record after her US Open title.
On the other side, ranked no.35 Barbora had to win 2 matches to get to this appointment. She defeated Farina Diyas in the 1st round (6-4 6-4) and Anett Kontaveit (7-6 3-6 7-5) in the 2nd
Naomi Osaka vs Barbora Strycova H2H
Naomi and Barbora played each other on 2 occasions. The head to head is 1-all. The Japanese is the favorite to reach the final 4.
The will play on Friday. They are scheduled to play at 3 pm.