Women's tennis To Osaka semi-final tour tournament in Osaka September 21 17:10
Naomi Osaka participated in the quarter-finals of the tennis tournament held in Osaka and proceeded to the semi-finals by winning Kazakhstan players straight.
Osaka, who is ranked 4th in the world in tennis women's singles, participated in the tournament held in Osaka, where she was born. In the quarter-finals that were postponed on the 21st due to the rain, it was straight in all three battles so far. We faced the 36th-ranked Kazakhstan Yulia Putinzeba, who was defeated in the world.
Osaka player took the lead of the rally with the first set, stable stroke, and showed a high concentration from the beginning and led a big 5-1. However, immediately after that, when mistakes continued and caught up with 5-4, the father who will serve as coach from this month was called for advice, and this set was shot 6-4 by showing a highly accurate shot that shakes the opponent. It was.
The second set exceeded the opponent in the competition at the net, and also took the opponent's slice shot 6-6 in a calm manner, and won the straight with a set count of 2 to 0 and advanced to the semi-final.
Under the influence of rain, Osaka ’s semi-final will be held on the 21st, and will be ranked 24th in the world against Belize Elise Mertens.