Naomi Osaka will face Beatriz Haddad Maia in the second round of the Japan Open. The game will start on September 22 at 09:30.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+2) for Haddad Maia – 1.73.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.66.
Haddad Maia has been more convincing throughout the season with three title wins. In Tokyo, Beatriz had no problems adapting and started with a very confident win. At the same time, Osaka has not shown any achievements since April and is far from her optimum form today.
We don’t think Osaka will leave the court without a fight at her home tournament. In fact, in two of her last three matches, there have been tie-breaks.
Osaka faced Daria Saville in the first round, but her level of readiness could not be assessed.
Daria got a knee injury early in the match and withdrew. The opponents had time to play only one game.
On the one hand, she was lucky, but in this case, it is difficult to be happy, knowing that your opponent could not continue the match because of injury. However, Naomi must have been disappointed that she didn’t understand her level of ability at this tournament.
The fact is that before the meeting with Saville, Osaka had a losing streak of four matches. In the last five months, Naomi had only two wins.
Osaka has won 14 of her last 15 matches played in Asia.
Haddad Maia, meanwhile, started the tournament with a victory over Yuki Naito (6-4, 6-2). Basically, there’s not much to comment on here.
Yuki, as expected, was not ready to face one of the best tennis players of the season.
Last week, Beatriz made it through two rounds in Portoroz before losing to Ana Bogdan (1-6, 6-1, 5-7).
Haddad Maia’s main achievement, however, was reaching the finals at a major tournament in Toronto, which lifted her into the top 20.
The tie-break was played in the only head-to-head encounter and in three of Osaka’s five previous matches. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.69.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Osaka’s Rating – 48
Naomi Osaka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 14/9
Haddad Maia’s Rating – 16
Beatriz Haddad Maia Wins/Losses in 2022 – 47/19
Osaka leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters.
The match will be played at Center Court, Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan.
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