Gauff needs eight match points to beat Osaka and reach San Jose quarter-finals
Coco Gauff beat Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday night. She’ll play Spaniard Paula Badosa, the second seed, in the next round
Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, San Jose 2022 | © Godofredo A. Vasquez / AP / SIPA)
It as the match that everyone has been waiting for ever since the San Jose Open draw came out. And while it was not a three-set battle that everyone had hoped for, the second round clash between four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka and American teen Coco Gauff was exciting nonetheless. Gauff won 6-4, 6-4.
After a single break of serve enabled Gauff to win the first set 6-4, the French Open finalist built a strong 5-1 lead in the second set with the help of two breaks.
That’s when things got exciting as Osaka fought back to 5-4 after saving seven match points.
However, the comeback feel just short as Gauff served out the set to close the 6-4, 6-4 win in one hour and 28 minutes.
With the win, Osaka and Gauff are now tied at 2-2 in head-to-head.
The win sets up a quarter-final clash against the No 2 seed Paula Badosa for Gauff, who is ranked No 11 in the world. It was also her second straight sets win this week, after beating Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina 6-1, 6-0 in the first round.
San Jose WTA 500, other second-round results (San Jose State University Tennis Center, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):
- Shelby Rogers beat Maria Sakkari (1): 6-1, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (4) beat Caroline Dolehide (LL): 5-7, 6-1, 7-5
- Veronika Kudermetova (9) beat Claire Liu: 6-2, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Madison Keys: 7-5, 6-1
- Paula Badosa beat Elizabeth Mandlik (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (5)
- Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-4, 6-0
- Amanda Anisimova beat Karolina Pliskova (8): 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
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