2019 Australian Open SF: Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Pliskova

[tossip]

I thought you didn't like her.

I still dont like but she could have won with her speed and efficiency

 

[tossip]

Karolina better make her win over Serena count...

 

[tossip]

Osaka is like pova when she won Wimbledon until players figured her out...

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Goodness me Pliskova you are like a 'sitting duck' on court.....Osaka passing you at will,wrong shot selection coming into the net? Brain Fail

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Osaka really hitting her spots well in this match,hitting winners with angles from the baseline,impressive today

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wonderful fhand down the line passing shot from Osaka

 

[britbox]

Big hold from Naomi.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

This is some fantastic tennis from both ladies right now. Osaka playing incredibly well. Slightly better. But Pliskova finding a way to match her. She's currently willing to do the work to win the set. No matter if that means a tiebreak. No matter if it means she fails. She's gonna leave it all out there.

 

[tossip]

Pliskova is tiring..

 

[tossip]

Osaka is now a fistpumping machine a la Ivanovic..is this an Adidas thing..lol

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Come on Pliskova you better break......good girl broke her to love.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Final set!

 

[tossip]

Osaka is overpressing...6-4 Kapli

 

[kskate2]

Naomi loses focus and drops the set. Now it's survival of the fittest for one set to get to the final

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This means we can't even take a nap before Duel.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

I feel like Osaka needed to slow down there in that service game. She lost that so fast. She needed to breathe, collect herself, and go again. She's aware that she's not being the positive self she wants to be and she's letting that bother her more than just buckling down and focusing. But after all of those shots. She just moved over and served again. The shot clock does make it an issue where you don't have as much time as you used to. But she could still take a moment. I don't know. May not have made a difference. And in the moment, it's hard to come out of it and break the rhythm. Though I think it's something she'll learn with time.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Osaka producing too many ufe towards the end of the second set,needs to watch her margins,dosent need to hit the corners of the court all the time

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Pliskova reading Osaka serve better now

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Pliskova really getting errors off the Osaka fhand

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Good strong hold from Osaka saving BPs