Karolina Pliskova defeats Osaka in the 2nd round to clash vs Giorgi or Ostapenko at the Brisbane International. HIGHLIGHTS – BRISBANE RESULTS

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL - BRISBANE RESULTS. Pliskova topples Osaka to face Camila Giorgi or Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Naomi Osaka

In a battle of former world no.1 Karolina Pliskova bests Naomi Osaka 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Brisbane on Wednesday. Pliskova will square off with Camila Giorgi or Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. Karolina won this tournament 3 times in 2017, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pliskova
Brisbane
Pliskova's Record

Pliskova added to her prize money $ 6,400 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,400 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 17,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 38,000 in total.

Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Naomi Osaka Brisbane International – Brisbane

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pliskova
Osaka
Karolina Pliskova
3-6 7-64 6-4
2h:14
Naomi Osaka
101
101
Total points
100
100
58
58
Winners
52
52
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
14
14
11
11
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
66%
66%
85%
85%
1st won
81%
81%
58/68
58/68
1st won
52/64
52/64
36%
36%
2nd won
45%
45%
13/36
13/36
2nd won
15/33
15/33
-- Break Points --
2/2
2/2
Total
2/12
2/12
100%
100%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, the Czech scored 101 points vs. Naomi’s 100.

Pliskova

Pliskova served pretty well to win 85% of the points (58/68) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 36% points (13/36) on her second serve. Karolina blasted 16 aces and she committed 11 double faults. The Czech was great in converting all the break points (2/2).

Osaka

On the other side, Naomi was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Osaka is 4-2 for Karolina.

Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Camila Giorgi or Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Pliskova will face either Camila Giorgi or Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round. The head to head is 5-4 vs. Camila Giorgi and 5-5 vs. Jelena Ostapenko.Karolina Pliskova Draw info

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1st Set -
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Pliskova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Naomi Osaka in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Naomi to win the set because Pliskova managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Osaka maintained her focus to break Pliskova in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Naomi was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Pliskova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).

They played 68 points. Osaka was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Karolina (36-32). Osaka conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Pliskova conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).

2nd Set -
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Pliskova won the set after she broke Osaka .

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Osaka was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, The Czech won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Pliskova surrendered 9 points on serve (28-9). On the losing side, Osaka conceded 10 points on serve (29-10).

3rd Set -
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Czech grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).

They played 57 points. Pliskova won 5 more points than Naomi (31-26). Pliskova lost 11 points on serve (23-11). On the losing side, Osaka conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).

1st
Pliskova
Osaka
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Pliskova
Osaka
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Pliskova
Osaka
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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