Since the defeat in the US expanded 2021, Naomi Osaka has played for a long time. The Japanese player said she needs time to rest and regain her spirit after the 2021 season full of events.
Entering the 2022 season, Naomi Osaka has a lot of hope. Coming to Australia, the Japanese player aims to successfully defend the throne. However, this goal could not come true when she was eliminated in the third round.
In this round, the opponent of Naomi Osaka is Amanda Anisimova – a 20 -year -old American player ranked 60th in the WTA chart. On the Margaret Court Arena, Naomi has a very convenient start when successfully breaking the opponent's first serve game. In the rest of the set. She played firmly and defended her gaming games, thereby winning 6-4.
Set Set 2, Anisimova has rising strongly. In Game 4, American player has made an important turning point when winning the first break in this match. In the next games, she played fair with the defending champion and won 6-3.
Coming to set 3 decisions, both players were cautious. Before holding each other 6-6 in game 12, they did not lose the break. Set of fighting therefore must enter the decision tie-break series.
Despite pocketing 4 Grand Slam and experienced in the battle, Naomi Osaka proved to lack bravery on the gun battle series. As a result, she lost 5-10 and had to give the ticket to the fourth round to Anisimova. Here, the American tennis player will face the No. 1 world Ash Barty.
In the match at the same time, Barty did not face any difficulties to win tickets to continue. The host country player defeated the seed No. 30 Camila Giorgi after 2 sets. The set ratios are 6-2 and 6-3 respectively. Thus, the “Early Final” match in Australia expanded 2022 between Barty and Naomi Osaka will not take place.
