Great Naomi Osaka annihilates Jabeur in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Mertens. HIGHLIGHTS – TORONTO RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Osaka shocks Jabeur to take on Elise Mertens in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Ons Jabeur

Naomi Osaka shocks Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Toronto on Wednesday after playing a marvellous match to face off with Elise Mertens in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Osaka
Toronto
Osaka's Record

Naomi added to her prize money $ 5,850 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,650 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 15,804 to her earnings to get in total $ 36,454 in total.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Ons Jabeur National Bank Open – Toronto

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Osaka
Jabeur
Naomi Osaka
6-3 6-1
1h:11
Ons Jabeur
66
66
Total points
49
49
20
20
Winners
18
18
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
46%
46%
1st in
36%
36%
77%
77%
1st won
86%
86%
20/26
20/26
1st won
18/21
18/21
58%
58%
2nd won
32%
32%
18/31
18/31
2nd won
12/37
12/37
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
0/0
0/0
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Naomi scored 66 points vs. Jabeur’s 49.

Osaka

Osaka served extremely well to win 77% of the points (20/26) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (18/31) on her second serve. Osaka didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).

Jabeur

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

After this contest, the head to head between Osaka and Jabeur is 2-0 for Naomi.

Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Osaka will take on Mertens in the 2nd round.

This will be the 7th time that Naomi Osaka and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Osaka won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Hertogenbosch back in June 2024.

Naomi Osaka Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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OsakaJabeur
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O
0
0
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0
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Osaka had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Ons Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for the Japanese to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

The Japanese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Osaka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 71 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Ons (38-33). Naomi surrendered 13 points on serve (26-13). On the losing side, the Tunisian conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

The Japanese won the set after she broke Ons 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Jabeur had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Japanese converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Naomi won 12 points more than the Tunisian (28-16). Osaka conceded 6 points on serve (12-6). On the other side, Ons conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).

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

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  • Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-3 6-2)
  • Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (5-7 6-2 7-61)
  • Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-3)
  • Yue YuanYuan – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-3)
  • Marina StakusicStakusic – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-75 6-1 6-4)
  • Naomi OsakaOsaka – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-1)
  • Katie BoulterBoulter – Bernarda PeraPera (6-4 3-6 6-1)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-3 6-1)
  • Magda LinetteLinette – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-3 6-4)
  • Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-2 6-2)
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  • Taylor TownsendTownsend – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-3 3-1 ret.)
  • Marta KostyukKostyuk – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-0 6-2)
  • Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Shelby RogersRogers (6-0 6-2)
  • Yafan WangWang – Sofia KeninKenin (7-5 7-63)
  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Louisa ChiricoChirico (6-2 6-3)
  • Magdalena FrechFrech – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-6 6-3 6-0)
  • Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-4 7-610)
  • Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-6 6-3 6-4)
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