Liudmila Samsonova dispatches Naomi Osaka 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Berlin on Tuesday. Samsonova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. Ludmilla won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Samsonova's Record

The Russian added to her prize money € 3,822 after conquering this match. She has already won € 13,651 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 11,299 to her earnings to get in total € 24,950 in total.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs. Naomi Osaka Berlin Ladies Open – Berlin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Samsonova
Osaka
3-6 7-63 6-4
2h:36
107
107
Total points
107
107
53
53
Winners
43
43
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
5
5
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
60%
60%
1st in
54%
54%
78%
78%
1st won
78%
78%
53/68
53/68
1st won
43/55
43/55
40%
40%
2nd won
48%
48%
18/45
18/45
2nd won
22/46
22/46
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
3/10
3/10
43%
43%
Won
30%
30%
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Ludmilla won this match even if she scored the same amount of points of Naomi (107 vs. 107

).

Samsonova

Ludmilla served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (53/68) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (18/45) on her second serve. The Russian struck 14 aces and she committed 4 double faults. The Russian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Osaka

On the other side, Osaka was struggling when converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Samsonova and Osaka is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Samsonova will face Pegula in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Liudmila Samsonova and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but Samsonova has a winning record of 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pegula won 6-0 6-4 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Osaka 6-3
OsakaSamsonova
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
OsakaSamsonova
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
OsakaSamsonova
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
0
40
OsakaSamsonova
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
OsakaSamsonova
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
OsakaSamsonova
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
OsakaSamsonova
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
OsakaSamsonova
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
OsakaSamsonova
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
OsakaSamsonova
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Naomi won the set after she broke Samsonova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Osaka stayed solid to conquer the set 6-3.

Ludmilla had to surrender the 4th game (3-1) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

They contested 79 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Naomi won only 1 point more than the Russian (40-39). The Japanese lost 16 points on serve (23-16). on the other side of the court, Samsonova conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).

2nd Set -
Samsonova 7-6
SamsonovaOsaka
7
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SamsonovaOsaka
7
6
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
3
SamsonovaOsaka
6
6
0
15
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SamsonovaOsaka
6
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SamsonovaOsaka
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
SamsonovaOsaka
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SamsonovaOsaka
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SamsonovaOsaka
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SamsonovaOsaka
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SamsonovaOsaka
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SamsonovaOsaka
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SamsonovaOsaka
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SamsonovaOsaka
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Samsonova conquered in the 12th game (6-6) prior to eventually conquering the set (7-6).

They played 82 points. It’s worth to point out that, Samsonova won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Osaka (40-42). The Russian lost 15 points on serve (30-15). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 10 points on serve (27-10).

3rd Set -
Samsonova 6-4
SamsonovaOsaka
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SamsonovaOsaka
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SamsonovaOsaka
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SamsonovaOsaka
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SamsonovaOsaka
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SamsonovaOsaka
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SamsonovaOsaka
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SamsonovaOsaka
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SamsonovaOsaka
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40

Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Samsonova clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

Samsonova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Osaka was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th

game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Samsonova won just 2 more points than Osaka (29-27). Ludmilla lost 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the net, Osaka conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

1st
Samsonova
Osaka
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Samsonova
Osaka
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Samsonova
Osaka
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0

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