Athletistic / Tennis. In the match of the second round of the WTA tournament in Indian Wells in the 1000 category, Russian Lyudmila Samsonova and Japanese Naomi Osaka will meet
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In American Indian Wells, a prestigious tennis tournament is gaining momentum, for men – with the Masters category, and for women – with the 1000 category. In the competition among girls, second round matches are also held Today. In one of them, Russian Lyudmila Samsonova will compete with Japanese Naomi Osaka. This is the first face-to-face meeting between professional level tennis players. However, it is of great interest and here is why.
Naomi Osaka is a former world number one. In January 2019, immediately after winning the Australian Open, the Japanese reached the tennis Olympus on the WTA circuit. World number 1 Naomi stayed for 21 weeks. Osaka has also won four Grand Slam tournaments. In addition to the already mentioned triumph in 2019 in Melbourne, the Japanese won the Australian Open again (2021) and also won the US Open twice. From fall 2022 to January 2024, Naomi did not tour at all. The reason is the tennis player’s pregnancy and the birth of a child. It was only at the beginning of this year that Osaka returned to the field and has already managed to participate in several tournaments today. Particularly noteworthy is the performance of the Japanese in Doha, where she reached the quarterfinals. It is obvious that Naomi is gradually taking shape and will return with time to the elite of WTA world tennis.
Lyudmila Samsonova arrived at Indian Wells as the 15th racket in the world. She is currently number 2 on the Russian team, behind Daria Kasatkina. After a fairly successful 2022 season, in which our tennis player won three titles, Samsonova failed to win a single tournament last year. Lyudmila is not doing well this season so far. Perhaps of note is Samsonova’s performance in Abu Dhabi, where she stopped short of the title match, losing to Elena Rybakina in the semifinals.
In the current tournament, Samsonova will play her first match, as she missed the first round of the competition. As for Osaka, in the first round, Naomi confidently defeated the little-known Italian Sara Errani (6:3, 6:1).
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Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU March 10 no earlier than 01:40 Moscow time
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