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Naomi Osaka #10 def. Elise Mertens #22

6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Aug 28, 2020*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Naomi Osaka
Score	6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Elise Mertens

Stat	Naomi Osaka	Elise Mertens
Aces	4	3
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	50	64
First serve points won %	71	69
Second serve points won %	42	29
Break points saved %	86	44
Break points converted %	56	14
Service points won %	56	55
Return points won %	45	44
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naomi Osaka	Elise Mertens
Country	JPN	BEL
Birth date	Oct 16, 1997	Nov 17, 1995
Age	22	24
Height	180	179
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	22
Ranking points (entering)	3,625	2,070
Elo (entering)	2,048	1,897
Career W-L	240–130	311–199
Career earnings	$26,367,552	$20,040,505

Pre-match H2H

Naomi Osaka 1 – 1 Elise Mertens

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2020	QF	Anett Kontaveit	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2020	R16	Dayana Yastremska	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2020	R32	Karolina Muchova	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2020	F	Victoria Azarenka	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

Elise Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2020	QF	Jessica Pegula	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2020	R16	Veronika Kudermetova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2020	R32	Kristina Mladenovic	6-1 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2020	R64	Rebecca Peterson	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data