Great game played at the Margaret Court Arena that Amanda Anisimova won by defeating Naomi Osaka in the third round 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) at the Australian Open. He had to pick up two match balls.
The champion had to face a very fit tennis player who already won a title on this stage two weeks ago in addition to having beaten the Olympic champion, Belinda Bencic, two days ago. Two tennis players with a lot of potential in their strokes and who like to dominate the point were facing each other. The ball was going to go at a very high speed in that first afternoon turn of the Margaret Court Arena.
Osaka presses first
The Japanese player opened the scoring in a sharp way since from the first game, she managed to have differences in the electronic. She was also serving very well and that start of the stake was being able to put on her best tennis. She had to face a break ball, but managed to be released at one point which she did perfectly. Before, he was going to get a chance to go double break when Amanda was still aware of the date she was on. Naomi closed the first set without any problems.
Anisimova reacts
The duel was closely matched on the track with Amanda leveling up. She was the one who stalked in the first instance, letting three break balls escape so that immediately afterwards, the duel could be complicated and a lot since it was she who had to wear overalls to be able to pick up break balls. Both were feeling the pressure of the match at the time, and the three-time Grand Slam champion continued to be less successful at the start of that second set with her powerful first serve. Therefore, the American took the opportunity to get ahead and leave ground in the middle since the No.13 seed could not address Anisimova’s turn at any time.
The third set was present and Naomi took the opportunity to go to the locker room. The second turn on Osaka’s serve, Amanda despaired that she could not solve the break balls she had. She ended up throwing the racket knowing how important these options could be.
Anisimova lifts match balls
They kept their respective serves reaching the moments that the duel had as transcendent. At 4-5, Anisimova sent a small smile to her staff as the crowd at Margaret Court Arena went into an uproar over the match situation we had. The American was aware of what could happen, but surely when she experienced it in her flesh, the feeling was totally different. He raised two match balls with great self-confidence showing that he wanted a greater fight at the moment that Barty was already waiting for the winner, having beaten Giorgi in an hour.
the ultimate game
The match was full of tension and competing at a high level. The outcome did not deserve less than a sudden death and there came the two protagonists. There were no more opportunities, that was the end of the adventure for one of the two. It was the American who was ahead 3-0 after an error by Naomi in addition to getting her services forward. Amanda continued with a fearsome self-confidence without shaking her pulse against a champion and went back to 5-2 after the Japanese made it 2-3.
The tie-break was red hot, until then an error that was Naomi’s and the score was in favor of Amanda 5-4. He continued with the difference in his favor leaving at 7-4. A ball from Osaka that stayed in the net and a precise down the line backhand playing with second. The difference increased with an error by the Japanese in the middle of the track with her backhand and the change of sides was faced by the American with an 8-4. An error came from Amanda that was lost by the bottom line but at 8-5 she had two aces to define the match. It was the moment of truth and the match point came with an impressive point played on the attack. There were four match points available but with an ace the event ended in a big way. Anisimova took the stake against Osaka in the third round of the Australian Open.
