Osaka played a branch match and won the seventh match in a row

Ex-first racket of the world and winner of four Grand Slam tournaments Naomi Osaka (Japan, WTA 48) came to the third round of WTA 1000 soil competitions in Rome, the capital of Italy.

In the 1/32 final of Japanese in three sets beat the lacquer-branch Victoria Golubich (Switzerland, WTA 87) in 1 hour and 45 minutes.

WTA 1000 Rome. Soil. 1/32 finals

Naomi Osaka (Japan) – Victoria Golubich (Switzerland) [LL] – 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1

In the second party, Naomi played a submission of Victoria for the match at the expense of 4: 5*.

It was a second meeting of rivals. In 2021, Naomi defeated Golubich in the 1/16 finals of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

For Osaka, this victory was the seventh in a row. Before Rome, she took the trophy at the WTA 125 tournament in Saint-Mal.

Naomi in the capital of Italy, in addition to Golubich, also passed Sarah Errani. It should be noted that at first in the second round Naomi was to meet with Petra Kvitova, but the Czech starred because of a leg injury.

Osaka will be watched either against Beatris Haddad Maya or against Maria Bouzkova to reach the 1/8 finals of the Osak.

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