ONE System | 20/02/2021 10:45
Osaka speeches (Reuters)
The final of the Australian Women’s Tennis Championship is currently being played between the Japanese Osaka speeches (3rd in the world) and the American Jennifer Brady (24th in the world). Osaka, who ousted Serena Williams on the way to the finals, wants to take the title for the second time and win a fourth Grand Slam, while the tennis player from the United States is looking for her first.
Osaka last lost over a year ago and wants to become the first woman with a 0: 4 balance in the Grand Slam final since Monica Sells – so far the Japanese have defeated Serena Williams in the finals at the 2018 US Championships, Kabitova in Australia in 2019 and Azarenka in New York before Several months.
Brady, on the other hand, has looked great since the start of 2020 and is only the fifth woman out of the top 20 to reach the final in Australia since the early 2000s. She has 22 wins in her last 28 games. The tennis players have met three times before, when in 2014 it was Brady who defeated the girl Osaka in Texas when they were both out of the top 200.
First set: 4: 6 to Osaka
Osaka opened the game in a fantastic way, kept its submissions, frustrated the American who did not reach the first point and went up to0: 1. In the American submissions she had already risen to 0:40 but Osaka returned to 40:40 and forced Brady to sweat on the way to1: 1. The Japanese first made a mistake when it was time to submit again but recovered quickly and went up to1: 2 pretty easily.
At this point in time the American had already broken down in her submissions and the Japanese who wrote the beat had risen to1: 3 It is important. At the same time, the American did not give up, broke Osaka back after 40:40 and reduced to3: 2. Brady managed to keep her submissions perfectly and equaled to3: 3 exciting. Osaka had a hard time when it was his turn but stood up well and went up to3: 4.
Brady almost broke once more, and in a 40:40 situation Osaka was not far from deciding the point in her favor, but the American showed character and equalized to4: 4. The girls pushed each other to the edge when even in Osaka’s submissions it reached 40:40, and the Japanese kept her submissions and went up to4: 5. The American looked tired and again in a 40:40 situation lost the battle when she broke for the second time in the game – 4: 6 To Osaka in the first act.
Act II:
A wonderful opening of the Japanese who ascended to0: 1 Easily and quickly, and in the submissions of the American broke her almost perfectly and caused her to lose the submissions for the third time in the game on the way to0: 2. Immediately afterwards in a state of 30:40 had no difficulty on the way to0: 3 fast. Osaka again managed to break and took a significant step to victory when they advanced to0: 4, The American looked completely broken.
Although she is not in a difficult situation in the game, Brady did not give up, and managed to break Osaka in a situation of 40:40, when it shrank to4: 1 The advantage of the Japanese. Brady this time managed to keep her submissions and reduce to4: 2, Thus pressing Osaka a little.
