Australian Open 2021 / final: Naomi Osaka - Jennifer Brady

In this meeting, in fact, there should be no intrigue. Privateers and bookmakers offer to place bets on the victory of a Japanese tennis player. She is the undisputed favorite.

First set

Naomi Osaka started the match. She confidently won a point in the first game. In the second game Naomi was losing 15 - 30. But she managed to equalize the score: 40 - 40. However, after the second "exactly" Brady was able to win two rallies. She wins 2 games (1 - 1). The third set, Naomi Osaka wins without any problems. Immediately, the Japanese woman at "0" wins the 4th game on Brady's serve. She was able to realize a break point (1 - 3). In the 5th game, Brady imposed a fight. She not only made a score of 40 - 40, but also reached the break point. Thanks to the fact that Naomi hit the grid, Brady realizes his first break point (2 - 3). In game 6, Jennifer wins her serve and equalizes the set.

In the 7th game Naomi wins a point on her serve. After 3 "exactly" in the 8th game, Brady still managed to win a point. She compares the score in the set: 4 - 4. With some difficulty, Osaka wins the 9th game (5 - 4). In game 10, with a score of 40 - 40, Osaka comes out ahead. In the last draw, Jennifer hits the net. With the break point realized, Osaka wins the game and set: 4 - 6.

Second set

Naomi Osaka started the second set with a point on her serve. She took the lead: 1 - 0. In the second game, Osaka confidently converted a break point. She took the lead in the score: 2 - 0. Osaka immediately takes a point on his serve (3 - 0). In the 4th game, the Japanese woman gave up only 1 rally. She converted a break point and earned 4 points in the set. In the 5th game, Brady imposed a fight. The score was 40 - 40. Immediately after that Jennifer had “more”. But she could not implement the break. But still, on the second try, the American was able to win a point on the Japanese serve. With a break, she narrows the lead: 4 - 1. There were no surprises in the next game. Brady won her serve. The score becomes 4 - 2.

In game 7, Naomi hit the net twice and the ball flew out of court. But despite the mistakes, she won a point on her serve (5 - 2). In the 8th game, after "exactly" Brady was able to win her serve. She narrowed the lead: 3 - 5. For the ninth game, Naomi wins at 0. She wins the set and the match. Set score: 5 - 3. Match score: 2 - 0. As we can see, the bookmakers and privateers were right. Naomi showed an overwhelming lead in a match that lasted only 1 hour and 18 minutes. Thus, Naomi repeats the success of 2019.

Thanks to the victory, Naomi earns 2 thousand rating points. In addition, she gets $ 2,113,375 in prize money. Brady scored 1,300 rating points. She earned $ 1,152,750.