Original title: Australian Open on the 11th: Serena Dasaka Naomi peak duel, Germany and Jordan against the big dark horse
Sohu Sports News Beijing time on February 18, the 2021 season tennis Grand Slam Australian Open came to the 11th day of the competition, this match day will be the top half of the women’s singles and men’s singles semi-finals. The highlight of the women’s singles is the peak dialogue between Serena Serena and Naomi Osaka. In addition, Mukhova and Brady will strive for their first Grand Slam final. In men’s singles, the defending champion Djokovic encountered the big dark horse Karatsev. It is highly anticipated whether the qualifiers can create another miracle.
Rod Laver Stadium
11:00 (3) Naomi Osaka VS (10) Serena
This is the most spectacular matchup of the Australian Open this day. 23 Grand Slam champion Serena Williams met the No. 3 seed of the tournament and the new generation of women’s tennis leader Naomi Osaka. Serena has countless honours in his career, and his dominance at his peak is unmatched. Although he has long been named the first person in women’s tennis history, Serena has always been suppressed in the record of the number of Grand Slam titles, and has 23 career titles. Margaret Court is only one title away from the top spot. After she won the Australian Open championship in 2017, Serena was full of hardships to reach the 24th championship. He broke into the Grand Slam finals four times and all lost. Last season, he failed to reach a final. It seems that he is away from the championship. Lopsided. The weight-loss success of the Australian Open this year, Serena has a strong outbreak, the signature fore shot and serve power are still the same, the defense and running ability have reached the peak state of recent seasons, winning consecutive wins by Sabalenko and Halep. The favorites to win the championship show a very good state.
Serena’s road to the finals still has a big rival, that is, No. 3 seed Naomi Osaka. The latter broke out in the U.S. Open in 2018 and then won the back-to-back Australian Open. Last season, the U.S. Open won the third career championship. Among the women’s tennis players, there are only three Grand Slam champions. Naomi Osaka played very strongly on the Australian Open. They both easily swept Garcia, Jabevur and Xie Shuwei, as well as reversing Muguruza’s strength at the rescue point in a passive situation. He has gone from his previous debut. The talented young general has turned into a grand slam king who can deal with various situations.
The two have played against each other 3 times before. In the 2018 U.S. Open finals, Serena lost two consecutive sets to their opponents and achieved Naomi Osaka’s first Grand Slam title. The most recent match was in the 2019 Rogers Cup. Win two sets. In the current technical statistics of the Australian Open so far, Naomi Osaka has 38 ACE balls and 32 Serenas are among the top two. The fastest Serena Serena reached 202 km/h and ranked first, Naomi Osaka 197 km/h Ranked third. Both of them tied for third with 79% average first serve scoring rate. Serena was even better at receiving serve. He completed 88 receiving and winning points 11 times more than Naomi Osaka. Serena ranked third in 25 times in the break and Naomi Osaka. It broke 21 times.
In terms of technical statistics, the two have more advantages. Naomi Osaka has been dubbed the “Second Serena” since his debut, because his technical play and Serena are very strong, the possessor has exceptional physical qualities, and victory or defeat. The strong psychological quality of being insulted. This game will be a close match. The younger Naomi Osaka is undoubtedly better in terms of physical fitness. However, in terms of desire to win, the Serena who aims to hit the 24th crown is undoubtedly stronger. It can be foreseen that the semi-final Serena will definitely be. Every ball is contested. A peak dialogue is full of tension, perhaps a three-set battle can make fans feast their eyes.
No earlier than 12:30 (22) Brady VS (25) Mukhova
Two unfamiliar names appeared in the top four seats of the women’s singles at this Australian Open. In the half area where strong players gathered, Brady and Mukhova, two players who were not optimistic before the game, finally met in the half. In the final. The good condition of the 22nd seed Brady began in the US Open last season, when he broke into the semi-finals as a dark horse. This year’s Australian Open his dark horse is undiminished and his signing is good. Under many upsets, Brady is the biggest opponent on the road to advancement. Only the 28th seed, Vicki, broke into the Australian Open women’s singles semi-finals for the first time in his career.
Brady’s opponent in the semi-finals is No. 25 seed Mukhova. The latter’s promotion to the Australian Open is very convincing. He defeated former Australian Open champion Ostapenko in the first round and defeated the No. 6 seed in the third round. Ka-Pliskova, then defeated No. 18 seed Mertens, the quarterfinals reversed and eliminated the world No. 1 Batty, making his career the first Grand Slam semi-finals. The two have only met once in 2019. At that time, Mukhova won three sets. If they meet in the semi-finals of a high-profile Grand Slam, both of them will be sworn by the final seats within reach. Who can convert to better motivation will have a better chance of reaching the first Grand Slam final of his career.
16:30 (1) Djokovic VS Karatsev
World No. 1 Djokovic’s trip to the Australian Open was not easy. The downturn before the Australian Open led Serbia to defeat the ATP Cup. After winning the first two rounds of the Australian Open, he suffered a torn abdominal muscle in the third round against Fritz. The injury, once caught in the entanglement of retirement. Since then, Djokovic has withstood injuries and played as a Grand Slam champion, defeating two big-seeded players Raonic and Zverev Jr., and once again broke into the Australian Open men’s singles semi-finals.
Before the game, Tim is expected to be the biggest opponent in the German and Jordanian semifinals. The meeting between the two in the semi-finals is highly anticipated. However, the challenger who appears in the German and Jordanian nets today is Russian qualifier Karatsev. The magic is that the latter broke into the Grand Slam for the first time in this Australian Open, defeated Schwarzman in three sets and reversed Eliasim, and beat Dimitrov 3-1 in the quarterfinals. Karatsev set a historical record for the Grand Slam in the Open, and the first Grand Slam player to break into the semi-finals on his debut, and this magic may continue.
This is the first time the two played against each other. Both in terms of strength and past honors, Djokovic undoubtedly occupies an overwhelming advantage. However, what troubles Djokovic is still his abdominal injury, which reduces his movement and power to varying degrees. How to better control the game and keep his power for the final is perhaps the biggest difficulty for Djokovic. The biggest problem restricting Karatsev is pressure. After reaching the semi-finals, there are doubts about whether Karatsev can reach the same high level as the previous rounds. Of course, there may also be another situation, in which Karatsev’s fighting spirit was even more aroused in the audience, and he launched a strong impact on the defending champion.Return to Sohu to see more
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