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Patna : 2018 US Open Champion and 4th seed Naomi Osaka, 22, Japan, and 28th seed Jennifer Brady, 25, USA, will clash in the women’s singles semi-finals of US Open ( tennis) on September 11, 2020.
Osaka, who also won Australian Open title in 2019, beat unseeded Shelby Rogers, 27, USA, in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals on September 9, 2020. Osaka won 3 break points in the match to just 1 by Rogers, who was playing her second Grand Slam QFs match.
Osaka fired 7 Aces in the match to 3 by the American, who had reached French Open QFs in 2016. Osaka also won 3 games in a row in the match. Her winning percentage both on her first and second serve was much higher than that Rogers’, who nevertheless put up a good fight. Rogers had stunned two-time former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, 30, Czech Republic, the 6th seed, in Round of 16.
28th Seed Jennifer Brady brushed aside 23rd seed Yulia Putintseva, 25, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2 in QFs on September 8, 2020, late night. Brady won 5 break points in the match to 2 by Putintseva. The American fired 6 Aces in the match to just 1 by the Putintseva, who had reached French Open QFs in 2016 and 2018. Brady, who had stunned 2016 US Open Champion Angelique Kerber, 32, Germany, in Round of 16, won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by the Kazakh player.