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H2H Naomi Osaka vs. Sofia Kenin | Cincinnati preview, odds, prediction

Cincinnati. Osaka and Kenin will face off in the quarter of Western & Southern Open. See the H2H stats, betting odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

16 August 2019

Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Sofia Kenin

Naomi Osaka and Sofia Kenin will play each other in the quarter of Western & Southern Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7 pm on GRANDSTAND.

Naomi Osaka: results and record

Currently world no. 1 the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6³ 2-6 6-2 and Su-Wei Hsieh 7-6³ 5-7 6-2.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Melbourne where she beat Petra Kvitova in the final 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4.

Osaka has a 26-9 win-loss record in 2019, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Cincinnati

Naomi lost in the 1^st round 6-3 7-6⁸ to Maria Sakkari.

Sofia Kenin: results and record

Ranked no. 22 (career high), Kenin reached the quarter after defeating Julia Goerges 6-4 7-6⁶, Zarina Diyas 6-4 6-1 and Elina Svitolina 6-3 7-6³.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Hobart where she beat Anna Schmiedlova in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Mallorca where she defeated Belinda Bencic in the final 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4.

Sofia has a 33-15 win-loss record in 2019, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Cincinnati

Sofia lost in the qualifications 6-1 6-3 to Alize Cornet.

Western & Southern Open Live score and result Naomi Osaka vs. Sofia Kenin

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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Sofia Kenin

This will be the 2^nd time that Naomi Osaka and Sofia Kenin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Osaka won 6-2 7-5 in the 1^st round in Paris back in 2018.