2021 AO Women's Final: [22] Jennifer Brady (USA) vs. [3] Naomi Osaka (JPN)

[Oval_Solid]

wow

 

[Krish0608]

Digging deep to get the break. Not over just yet.

 

[Nole_King]

LOL .. The Wikipedia page already shows Osaka a winner ... someone is in a hurry

 

[Crazy Finn]

Brady hanging on and playing better.

Osaka mostly dominating and serving under 50%. Imagine if she could get to 60%.

 

[Crazy Finn]

LOL .. The Wikipedia page already shows Osaka a winner ... someone is in a hurry

That’s a bit premature..

 

[Paulreedsmith]

Can't stand to look at TOADsaka.

 

[romeo8880]

LOL .. The Wikipedia page already shows Osaka a winner ... someone is in a hurry

Shoulda been there before the match

 

[Crazy Finn]

Can't stand to look at TOADsaka.

WFT?

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Crowd so badly want a match

 

[romeo8880]

Lol why is Brady fist pumping

 

[-NN-]

Brady is feeling it. Osaka best keep beasting the serve.

 

[Enceladus]

Interesting fact - If Naomi wins (which is likely), she will be the fourth AO female champion in the last 10 years to saving the MP on her way to the title (Osaka saving several MPs against Muguruza). Saving MP and win the AO title managed Li Na in 2014, Kerber in 2016 and Wozniacki in 2018.

 

[Nole_King]

Shoulda been there before the match

Wow .. what did I miss?

God. Trust us humans to destroy something good.

 

[Crazy Finn]

Net cord rooting for Brady.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Big hold and Osaka is a game away

 

[-NN-]

Commentator said Osaka will be world #2 if she can win one more game but surely this is a false statement. She could win that game at 5-5 for example.

*turns nerd mode off*

 

[Krish0608]

Interesting fact - If Naomi wins (which is likely), she will be the fourth AO female champion in the last 10 years to saving the MP on her way to the title (Osaka saving several MPs against Muguruza). Saving MP and win the AO title managed Li Na in 2014, Kerber in 2016 and Wozniacki in 2018.

Had Osaka lost to Muguruza, Serena would have been AO champion this year.

 

[Slowtwitcher]

Ridiculous that Osaka won't be #1 after winning today.

 

[FakeEmpire]

Thing is though - as far as I'm aware, the tennis forum with by far the highest traffic is the main WTA forum which is I guess the sister site to the main men's tennis forum (which isn't this forum).


But yeh as far as this forum goes, not much interest in the women's game.

Yeah, I've the same impression, even though I'm not registered on the other one and rarely go there (I'm too lazy, too accustomed to this one's idiosyncrasies and with not that much will power to plough through even more crankiness and anger than in this little forum).

The fact the match started at 8am in a Saturday's morning doesn't help too.

 

[Wander]

Not much of a final, this one.

Osaka brought her B game and still wins comfortably.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

this Australian commentators is so pro jen brady I can't deal. Jenn did this Jenn did that. l

 

[Crazy Finn]

Commentator said Osaka will be world #2 if she can win one more game but surely this is a false statement. She could win that game at 5-5 for example.

*turns nerd mode off*

Who knows with COVID ranking points.

 

[roysid]

Osaka playing at 50 pc capacity, yet winning comfortably.

Just how good her level is at hard courts

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Naomi Osaka looking to be the first player to save match points to go on to win the slam since Wozniacki did it at the 2018 Australian Open.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Oh what a shot from Brady at 30-30. Wow.

 

[Crazy Finn]

Had Isaka lost to Muguruza, Serena would have been AO champion this year.

I’m not sure. Brady would be problematic for Serena as well.

 

[roysid]

Osaka playing for Japan is somewhat strange in my opinion.
From childhood she is staying in US, all growing up here.

But still opting to play for Japan to get benefits

 

[Enceladus]

Naomi hit great ROS cross winner

 

[roysid]

Had Osaka lost to Muguruza, Serena would have been AO champion this year.

Right. Thankfully she overcame muguruza

 

[Crazy Finn]

Naomi hit great ROS cross winner

Tasty!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Osaka to serve for it

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Triple championship points for Osaka.

 

[-NN-]

Brady going big rather than just making the play and testing Osaka's nerve.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Naomi Osaka is the 2021 Australian Open Champion!

Defeats Jennifer Brady 6-4 6-3.

 

[Oval_Solid]

sad

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Super sweet hug at the net between the two.

Jen Brady played an epic tournament but Naomi Osaka just so good, no a 4x slam champion.

 

[Crazy Finn]

Osaka playing for Japan is somewhat strange in my opinion.
From childhood she is staying in US, all growing up here.

But still opting to play for Japan to get benefits

Haitian Dad and Japanese Mom. Why not Japan? Lots of people train in the US.

 

[Crazy Finn]

Osaka has won 4 of the last 7 Hard Court slams.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Osaka:
2018 US Open champion
2019 Australian Open champion

2020 US Open champion
2021 Australian Open champion

 

[GhostOfNKDM]

Too bad Roddicka paid for those first 4 loose games at the beginning of the second set.

 

[-NN-]

That first point when serving for it with Osaka going huge DTL FH was a real statement of intent. She was gonna go get it. Somewhat pressured and hammered it down to force the error.

 

[roysid]

Haitian Dad and Japanese Mom. Why not? Lots of people train in the US.

Its not just train like zverev or andy murray does.
From age of 2 she has been in USA

 

[Slowtwitcher]

Great stuff. Love Naomi Osaka

 

[Enceladus]

Had Osaka lost to Muguruza, Serena would have been AO champion this year.

It's not certain, Muguruza could defeat Serena.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Osaka’s 2021 Aus Open run:

R1: Pavlyuchenkova
R2: Garcia
R3: Jabeur
R4: Muguruza
QF: Hsieh
SF: Serena
Final: Brady

Hell of a run

 

[Slowtwitcher]

Its not just train like zverev or andy murray does.
From age of 2 she has been in USA

She doesn't want to be an American. Get over it, Roy.

 

[roysid]

She had dual citizenship of US and Japan. She relinquished US citizenship in 2019 to play for Japan in 2020 olympics as per Japanese rule

Edit : while some news have reported like that, i also see that it is unconfirmed. She has elected to represent Japan in Tokyo olympics but she is probably retaining her US citizenship.

 

[Crazy Finn]

Its not just train like zverev or andy murray does.
From age of 2 she has been in USA

Eh. I’ve lived mostly here, but I would play under my mother’s country.

 

[-NN-]

It's not certain, Muguruza could defeat Serena.

Feel the same way. It was perhaps the most pivotal match of the tournament. Muguruza was playing serious ball.

 

[FakeEmpire]

What a rather anti-climatic last game after that sliver of a reaction by Brady.

It can't be more evident that Osaka is a stupendous hardcourt player. Now, it will be interesting to see how she evolves in grass and clay. Same thing as Andreescu, before those goddam injuries.