Naomi Osaka reaches the 2nd round in Madrid

Naomi beats Dominica Cibulkova in straight sets

Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka wins her first career match in Madrid to get to the 2nd round with an excellent straight-sets win over the world no.33 Dominika Cibulkova.

The match

Naomi had a great 2-0 win-loss record against Cibulkova ahead of their clash in Spain while the Slovakian was having a rather lousy season after winning just 1 match of 7. The Japanese didn’t start very well after she was broken in the 3rd game (1-2), but that was just the start of a great winning streak for Naomi that won the following 5 games to conquer the set with a strong 6-2 scoreline.

Osaka had a slow start also in the second set after she was broken in the 2nd game (0-2). However, the Japanese managed to break back later in the 8th game (4-4) to send the affair to the breaker. After Osaka got a quick 5-2 lead, it seemed as she was sliding to an “easy” win. Nevertheless, Cibulkova made things even (5-5). Eventually, the world no.1 found her way to win the set and the match. The scoreline was 6-2 7-6 (6), and the encounter ended after 1 hour and 55 minutes.

NAOMI IN ACTION IN MADRID

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