Naomi Osaka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will play each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on LOTUS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.1
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 6.95

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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

This will be the 5th time that Naomi Osaka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Osaka won 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich – Cincinnati 14-August-2019

Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka

32 - 13win/loss

Hard
21-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-3
Grass
3-3
Rank
16
High
1
WWLWLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-15 24-9 8-3 0-0 3-3 0-0
2024 22-18 13-10 5-5 1-0 3-3 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 14-9 13-7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-6 16-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 14, Osaka will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-3 to Anisimova in the semifinal on the 4th of September.

The Japanese has a composed 32-13 win-loss record in 2025, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the Malo where she beat Kaja Juvan in the final 6-1 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Osaka has an overall 292-158 record. She has a positive 203-96 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.

Beijing
Osaka's Record

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

30 - 22win/loss

Hard
5-9
I Hard
7-3
Clay
11-7
Grass
7-3
Rank
111
High
29
LLLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-26 8-13 11-7 7-3 7-3 0-0
2024 25-23 10-12 11-8 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 24-26 16-17 3-5 0-0 5-4 0-0
2022 35-21 18-10 12-7 3-2 2-2 0-0
2021 25-23 11-9 8-6 4-6 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 130, the Belarussian got to the 2nd round after beating Tatiana Prozorova 6-4 6-1, Varvara Lepchenko 6-4 6-1 and Janice Tjen 6-7(4) 7-5 6-1.

In the 1st round against Tjen, Sasnovich recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-5 6-1). During the match Sasnovich scored 114 points vs Tjen’s 97. Aliaksandra was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Sasnovich bagged 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Aliaksandra Sasnovich was very efficient on serve to win 80% (49/61) of her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Belarussian broke Tjen 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Aliaksandra’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Napoca,the Vic and the Paris.

Aliaksandra has a composed 30-22 win-loss record in 2025, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See her history.

Beijing
Sasnovich's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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