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Naomi Osaka #44 def. Karolina Pliskova #5

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2018*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Naomi Osaka
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Karolina Pliskova

Stat	Naomi Osaka	Karolina Pliskova
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	54	58
First serve points won %	73	52
Second serve points won %	50	31
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	62	43
Return points won %	57	38
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naomi Osaka	Karolina Pliskova
Country	JPN	CZE
Birth date	Oct 16, 1997	Mar 21, 1992
Age	20	25
Height	180	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,170	5,080
Elo (entering)	1,821	1,947
Career W-L	240–130	421–241
Career earnings	$26,367,552	$26,944,237

Pre-match H2H

Naomi Osaka 0 – 1 Karolina Pliskova

Path

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Maria Sakkari	6-1 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Sachia Vickery	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2018	R128	Maria Sharapova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2018	SF	Simona Halep	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Amanda Anisimova	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Shuai Zhang	7-5 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Irina-Camelia Begu	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data