Watch the Match Highlights from Naomi Osaka vs. Linda Noskova in Round 2 in Wuhan.
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26 Comments
Osaka can hit hard and with lot of depth. But she is not willing to make more changes to the game. Other hard hitters (Sabalenka, Amanda, even Noskova) are willing to be patient and try all sort of shots if their bang bang game is not working in a day. Osaka can no longer blew opponents off the way she did at her peak during 4 GS runs.
YAY for Linda! She is playing amazingly well recently and I hope she can keep improving and getting deeper in grand slams next year!!
the women's game evolved so much in the time osaka was away from the game. from being the most powerful player on the tour she is now only one of so many consistent hard hitters on the tour. must be very hard for her to digest this reality.
Diva out. Thank you Linda
린다 최고~
우승하기 바랍니다😂🎉❤
Noskova 👍👍playing beautiful solid tennis .🫶🫶
ショットが浅くなるとポイントを失うね。
Can someone confirm? (I'm only a tennis spectator, not a player):
Linda Noskova has similar service motion/technique as Sharapova?
BYE Osucka… go cry, Crysaka.
Wow Linda is on a roll!!
Congratulations and look forward to your next match 👏👏👏🇨🇿
Once again, had Naomi, or Noskova played with more variety, thr results may have been slightly different. Both are hitting thr ball at an eye watering pace and neither thinks of just slightly breaking up the rhythm with a slice or a dropshot
Linda, vycházející fenomén.😅Ďábel bez kopyta. Mohla si vyhrát i finále, ale Pegula ti sebrala hodně síly. Věděl jsem, že to v tobě je. 🙂👍🔥🌹♥️
I dont know what it is about Linda Noskova, but she reminds me a lot of Kim Clijsters. I just cant put my finger on it. Anyway, really hoping Linda finds consistency and self-belief, and if that happens, I can see her winning slams soon.
Носкова газует в посл вр…!
Where is she finding all that energy and stamina to compete and win one match after the other especially so many hours spent on the court these past couple of weeks? Keep going I guess, Linda.
大坂選手は、ダブルスをプロとして出場しない（数少ない？）プレーヤー。練習のつもりで10年前から出場していたら、ショットの多彩に進歩があったろうにと思う。
Naomi is right there, she just needs to convert more of those break point chases and she needs to develop a net game. Congrats to Linda for having variety and staying calm.
Yayyyyy!!! 🎉🎉🎉
👁🍿👁
Another high-quality match on this tour, featuring many short and decisive rallies, high accuracy, and stealthy silence.
Her movement/timing at the forehandside is ecxeptional, even at high speed she manages sometimes save time. She beat Osaka, she could beat Rybakina as well.
NO is always late on redirecting shots! It is evident here!!
Labubu girl just couldn't get her Labubus in line today, the recalcitrant little critters seemed to have a mind of their own! Maybe she forgot to feed them or something.
oh linda is on a roll! let's go and finish the year strong
European Queen!
Naomi doesn’t seem to enjoy the process of competing.
That isn’t a slam on her, she is a mother now, she’s had some experiences on court that seem to have triggered patterns of passivity and fatalism, and from what I can see, she hasn’t decided to travel with a mental health coach, as Swiatek and others have. It’s a career that has hollowed out because the right decision or solution hasn’t been implemented yet.
The funny thing is, it was her idol, Serena, that handed Naomi her greatest trauma, egging on the privileged moronic us open crowd to attack Osaka in New York. In some ways, I don’t think Naomi ever shedded that experience.
She needs to travel with a sports therapist. And if she already does (which I doubt) she needs to find another one.