Naomi Osaka eliminated Lucia Bronzetti at the start of the WTA 1000 China Open
The former world’s number one and four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka (Japan) started successfully at the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing. The Japanese tennis star eliminated Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) after a straight-set victory by 2-0 (6:3, 6:2) in 1:25 hours of play.
The Italian tennis player was first to break in the first set nd took a lead of 3:2, but Naomi Osaka won four games in a row to overturn the score to 6:3 in her favor and close the set. The Japanese tennis star took a lead of 4:1 in the second set, which proved to be enough for her to close it at 6:2 and win the match.
Naomi Osaka scored 8 aces and made 3 double faults, while her opponent made only one ace and two double faults. The Japanese tennis player won 79% of her first serve points.
The next opponent of Naomi Osaka (Japan) is 21st-seeded Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan).
Naomi Osaka played five matches versus Yulia Putintseva and the Kazakhstani tennis player leads by 3-2 in their current head-to-head. Both players have only played once in the last five years and Naomi Osaka taken the win at the Billie Jean King Cup match played earlier this year. On hard court Naomi Osaka leads by 2-1, while Yulia Putintseva won twice on grass court.
Earlier in the day, Greet Minnen (Belgium) defeated Erika Andreeva (Russia) eliminated after 2-0 (7:5, 6:2), Sofia Kenin (USA) defeated Ana Bogdan (Romania) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:2), and Viktoriya Tomova (Bulgaria_ won her match versus Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:3).
