“Naomi in Montreal holds the best WTA 1000 tournament in the last 19 months”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
Osaka in Montreal has already passed Ariana Arsena, Lyudmila Samsonov, Alyona Ostapenko and Anastasia Sevastov.
Naomi spends her best thousand in the last 19 months. She last played in the quarter -finals of WTA 1000 in February 2024 in doubt.
Before starting in Montreal, Naomi stopped cooperation with Patrick Muratoglu and started a test work together with Tomasz Viktorovsk. After the meeting with Sevastova, which she won with a score of 6: 1, 6: 0, Naomi held a press conference, in particular, noting the beginning of cooperation with Viktorovskaya:
– You are already in the quarterfinals. To what extent are you proud of your performance this week?
– Yes, I’m really very pleased. The match with Sevastova was faster than I expected, but I am very pleased with how our plan worked for the game, and looking forward to the next match.
– What makes you such a complex rival this week?
– I do not know for sure. To be honest, I had a very difficult match on Wimbledon, and it made me a little look at my thinking. Then I went to Washington and had good matches there. Now I’m just trying to win as many victories on Hardy. I feel confidence in my basic game (preparation), so all is well.
– The tournament has not yet ended, but it is still your best result in 500 and above tournaments this season. Do you allow yourself to enjoy this or postpone emotions to the end of the tournament?
– To be honest, I allow myself to rejoice. And it may be ironically but it seems to me that I don’t want it [перемоги, титули] so hard. It is difficult to explain. I just allow myself to see the result from all workouts and all this work. I will be pleased where my game will lead me, regardless of the result.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Tomasz Viktorovskaya and Naomi Osaka – How do you feel in general? You have been sure of the victories this week. What do you think works best now?
– To be honest, I am very confident in my physical form. I am comfortable to turn the balls and I really like to work with Tomasz Viktorovsky. I like his workout style: he is very straightforward and speaks essentially. For I, whose thoughts are often scattered, it is very useful.
– If you look wider, at this stage of your career, when you fight to get back into the top, how do you measure success now? Is it victories, titles, rating?
– It’s interesting. I talked to my dad, and he said: being healthy and happy is a form of success. And I agree with that. But I want more. Of course, I want to win Grand Slam tournaments, I want to be in the top 10 again. But I think it is necessary to go gradually, to reach small goals, which will then turn into large ones. The fact that I am now in the quarterfinals is a step to the semifinals, and then perhaps to the finals. So I try to look at this exactly.
Osaka did not play on the round from September 2022 to January 2024 due to pregnancy. After that, she returned to the court in Brisbane. Upon his return, Naomi won the trophy, but at WTA competitions 125 in Saint-Malo (early May 2025).
Svitolina has played against Osaka seven times. The score 4: 3 in favor of Naomi. The last Japanese and Ukrainian played in the 1/32 finals Miami-2024-Osaka won 6: 2, 7: 6.
