Inexorable Naomi Osaka demolishes Minnen in the 1st round to play vs Samsonova. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Osaka shocks Minnen to play Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Greetje Minnen

Naomi Osaka shocks Greetje Minnen 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Madrid on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Osaka
Madrid
Osaka's Record

Naomi added to her prize money € 9,895 after winning this match. She has already won € 30,255 after this win. If she wins the next match, Osaka will add € 21,410 to her earnings to get in total € 51,665 in total.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Greetje Minnen Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Osaka
Minnen
Naomi Osaka
6-4 6-1
1h:19
Greetje Minnen
67
67
Total points
49
49
23
23
Winners
24
24
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
53%
53%
1st in
66%
66%
77%
77%
1st won
62%
62%
23/30
23/30
1st won
24/39
24/39
63%
63%
2nd won
40%
40%
17/27
17/27
2nd won
8/20
8/20
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
Total
0/1
0/1
30%
30%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Osaka scored 67 points vs. the Belgian’s 49.

Osaka

Naomi served extremely well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind her first serve, and she won 63% points (17/27) on her second serve. Osaka won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.

Minnen

On the other side, Minnen wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Minnen is 1-0 for Naomi.

Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats

Osaka will play Samsonova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Naomi Osaka and Liudmila Samsonova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Osaka won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2024.

Naomi Osaka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Osaka conquered in the 10th game (6-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Japanese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Osaka converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Osaka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 70 points. Osaka was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Minnen (40-30). The Japanese surrendered 8 points on serve (24-8). on the other side of the net, Greetje conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

2nd Set -
Osaka 6-1
OsakaMinnen
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
OsakaMinnen
5
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
OsakaMinnen
5
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
OsakaMinnen
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
OsakaMinnen
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
OsakaMinnen
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Osaka started the set in the best possible way after breaking Greetje Minnen in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Naomi managed to boost her lead after breaking Minnen in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Japanese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Osaka converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).

They contested 46 points. Osaka was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Minnen (27-19). Naomi lost 9 points on serve (16-9). On the other side, the Belgian conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

1st
Osaka
Minnen
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Osaka
Minnen
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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