Naomi Osaka overcomes Magda Linette 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Osaka will have to play Cori Gauff in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Japanese in this set was in much better shape than the Pole and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking the Pole in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Linette lost the 7th game (5-2) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
Magda was powerless in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
Linette came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Osaka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the Japanese was not done to come back to break the Pole in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
A crucial moment of the match was when Osaka won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 5-3.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Osaka scored 60 points vs. the Pole’s 43 points.
Naomi served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (19/23) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (16/27) on her second serve. Osaka was pretty effective in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6). On the other side, Magda was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 25% of her break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Osaka and Linette is 2-1 for Naomi.
Highlights Naomi Osaka vs. Magda Linette U.S. Open – New York
Osaka’s Interview
Next Match: Naomi Osaka vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Osaka will face Gauff in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Naomi Osaka in New York |
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