Naomi Osaka and Mihaela Buzarnescu will fight in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career.
Naomi Osaka
Currently world no. 1 the Japanese gets to the 3rd round after beating Dominika Cibulkova 6-3 6-3. Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Melbourne where she beat Petra Kvitova in the final 7-62 5-7 6-4 and she is aiming at winning her first important tournament on clay.
Last year result
The Japanese lost in the 2nd round 6-1 6-0 to Simona Halep.
Mihaela Buzarnescu
Ranked no. 29 Mihaela gets to the 3rd round after 2 retirements Jelena (Ostapenko 6-2 5-4 ret.) and Julia Goerges (6-4 3-6 4-4 ret..)
Last year result
The Romanian lost in the 1st round 6-3 7-62 to Shuai Zhang.
HEAD TO HEAD and prediction Naomi Osaka vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
This will be the 2nd time that Naomi Osaka and Mihaela Buzarnescu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never fight on clay.
The last time that they play each other, Osaka won 6-4 6-1 in the 1/4 in Nottingham in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.28
Mihaela Buzarnescu -> 3.75
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