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Naomi Osaka #18 def. Mihaela Buzarnescu #30

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 16, 2018*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Naomi Osaka
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Mihaela Buzarnescu

Stat	Naomi Osaka	Mihaela Buzarnescu
Aces	6	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	62	45
First serve points won %	79	57
Second serve points won %	57	57
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naomi Osaka	Mihaela Buzarnescu
Country	JPN	ROU
Birth date	Oct 16, 1997	May 4, 1988
Age	20	30
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	18	30
Ranking points (entering)	2,270	1,543
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,753
Career W-L	240–130	58–63
Career earnings	$26,367,552	$2,791,287

Pre-match H2H

Naomi Osaka 0 – 0 Mihaela Buzarnescu

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2018	R16	Denisa Satralova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2018	R32	Sachia Vickery	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2018	SF	Ashleigh Barty	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mihaela Buzarnescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2018	R16	Irina Falconi Hartman	6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2018	R32	Veronica Cepede Royg	6-2 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data