Naomi Osaka shocks Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Rome on Saturday. Osaka will fight against Qinwen Zheng in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Japanese added to her prize money € 22,045 after winning this match. She has already won € 52,480 after this win. If she wins the next match, Naomi will add € 46,680 to her earnings to get in total € 99,160 in total.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Daria Kasatkina Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 67 points vs. Kasatkina’s 53.
Osaka
Osaka won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Kasatkina
On the other side, Kasatkina was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Osaka and Kasatkina is 2-0 for Naomi.
Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Osaka will fight against Zheng in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Naomi Osaka and Qinwen Zheng play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Osaka won 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the 1st round in San Jose back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Osaka got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Japanese to win the set because the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. Naomi kept her cool to break Darya in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
They played 66 points. Osaka was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Kasatkina (36-30). The Japanese conceded 15 points on serve (19-15). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Osaka conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Naomi succeeded in coming back to break Darya in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Naomi converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 55 points. Naomi conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Russian (31-24). Osaka conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-3)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-4)
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (5-7 6-4 6-4)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Linda NoskovaNoskova (3-6 6-1 6-2)
- Angelique KerberKerber – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 7-64)
- Madison KeysKeys – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 4-6 6-3)
- Cori GauffGauff – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 0-6 6-3)
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-61 6-3)
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