Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka are not extremely keen to put too many tournaments in their schedules. However, both players decided to have a packed American summer. Naomi is scheduled to play in San Jose before heading to Toronto and Cincinnati to get ready for the US Open.
Serena Williams has notoriously the habit of not playing many tournaments before majors. Nevertheless, even if with this scheduling Serena is able to preserve her body, she risks having too much rust in the first round of the slams. Therefore, this time, Serena decided to schedule her participation in both Toronto and Cincinnati before the US Open. Indeed, there is always time to retire if the body is not ready.
Serena Williams in 2022
At the moment ranked no.276, Serena played her last match on the 28th of June when she was defeated by world no.118 Harmony Tan 7-5 1-6 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Wimbledon (draw).
At present, during this year the American has achieved a composed 0-1 record.
Naomi Osaka in 2022
WLLWWLWLWW Currently ranked no.38, the Japanese played her last match on the 23rd of May when she capitulated to world no.22 Amanda Anisimova 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round of the French Open (draw).
Currently, during this season Naomi has managed to achieve a composed 12-5 record. Naomi Osaka’s most significant result of this year was getting to the final in Miami.
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka played each other 4 times. The head to head is 3-1 for Osaka. The last time they fought against each other, Naomi Osaka won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Melbourne (Australian Open) in February 2021.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
