US Open: Naomi Osaka is aiming for exclusive society
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According to Martina Hingis and Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka could only be the third woman who has gained both Hartplatz major within a year since the opening of the Arthur Ashe Stadium in 1997.
From tennisnet.Com zu last: 27.08.2021, 11:23 a.m.
When Naomi Osaka started the US Open last year, the starting point seemed clear.The Japanese had withdrawn before the final at the Cincinnati moved from Cincinnati to New York City.The fact that Osaka would go to the traditional major of the year as a favorite was clear to everyone involved, including Osaka himself.The pressure was great, Naomi Osaka still won the empty Arthur Ashe stage.And also the one in the then fuller Rod Laver Stadium at the Australian Open in early 2021.
And this year?Is far from being so clear to women, even if Ashleigh Barty recently won the title very confidently in Cincinnati.One thing could only create Naomi Osaka this season: namely to win the two most important hard court tournaments within a calendar year both in Melbourne and in New York.Only two women have managed this since the opening of the Arthur Ashe Stadium in 1997: Martina Hingis at the premiere in the largest permanent tennis stadium in the world.And Angelique Kerber 2016.
Osaka and Kerber on a collision course
Osaka could also stand in the way to the third title in New York.According to the draw in the round of 16.However, Kerber must master a high American hurdle before, namely a woman from the trio Sloane Stephens, Cori Gauff or Madison Keys.Osaka has a negative balance against two of these three local heroes (Stephens and Keys)..
But the first round is already potential for Osaka.Against Marie Bouzkova she has to be full right from the start.If, on the other hand, everything goes according to plan, there would be a form in the quarter -finals with Elina Svitolina, which shows form in Chicago in the current week.And in the preliminary round would wait according to paper form aryna sabalenka.Against the Belarus, Osaka made a sentence at her first triumph at the US Open.The only one in the entire tournament.
Here is the single tableau of women
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