Naomi Osaka aces Julia Grabher 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Auckland on Wednesday. Osaka will seek to keep on going in this event against Jodie Anna Burrage or Hailey Baptiste in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Japanese added to her prize money $ 2,655 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,815 after this win. If she wins the next match, Osaka will add $ 5,155 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Julia Grabher ASB Classic – Auckland
Osaka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:25
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 73 points vs. the Austrian’s 53.
Osaka
Naomi served very well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve, and she won 82% points (18/22) on her second serve. Osaka won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Grabher
On the other side, Julia wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Osaka and Grabher is 1-0 for Naomi.
Draw and next match H2H: Naomi Osaka vs. Jodie Anna Burrage or Hailey Baptiste – stats
Osaka will square off with either Jodie Anna Burrage or Hailey Baptiste in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Jodie Anna Burrage and 0-0 vs. Hailey Baptiste.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Osaka clinched in the 12th game (7-5) before finally conquering the set (7-5).
Naomi failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
The Japanese was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Austrian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 87 points. Osaka conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Julia (49-38). Naomi lost 11 points on serve (32-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Julia conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Naomi clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Japanese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Naomi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. The Japanese won 9 more points than Grabher (24-15). Naomi was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the losing side, Julia conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Julia GrabherGrabher (7-5 6-3)
- Bernarda PeraPera – Rebecca MarinoMarino (7-62 6-4)
- Clara TausonTauson – Sofia KeninKenin (4-6 7-6(7) 7-6(3))
Upcoming matches
- Madison KeysKeys – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Sofia KeninKenin – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Nao HibinoHibino – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Ann LiLi (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Alycia ParksParks (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (0-0) – H2H details and stats
