Naomi Osaka and Sofia Kenin will fight against each other in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd 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 Osaka 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 managing to win the title in Melbourne where she defeated Petra Kvitova in the final 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4.
Naomi has a 26-9 win-loss record in 2019, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cincinnati
The Japanese lost in the 1st round 6-3 7-68 to Maria Sakkari.
Sofia Kenin: results and record
Ranked no. 22 (career high), Kenin got to 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 year was managing to win the title in Hobart where she defeated 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
Kenin 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 2nd time that Naomi Osaka and Sofia Kenin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Osaka won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.80
Naomi Osaka -> 2.00
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