Miami Open Quarterfinals Highlights: Naomi Osaka advances to Miami Open semifinals for first time, defeats Danielle Collins in quarterfinals – Osaka vs Collins Highlights

Miami Open Quarterfinals Highlights: Former No.1 Naomi Osaka has advanced to her first Miami Open semifinal after defeating Australian Open semifinalist Danielle Collins, 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. With the win, Osaka became the second Japanese woman to reach the semifinals at the Miami Open since Kimiko Date Krumm did so in 1993 and 1995. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates. 

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Osaka will face reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic for a spot in her first WTA 1000 final since 2020. Osaka has not lost a set en route to the Miami semifinals, having defeated Astra Sharma, Angelique Kerber, Alison Riske, and No.9 seed Collins. She has now won nine of her last 10 quarterfinals and carries a strong record in semifinals into her match against Bencic, who she has yet to beat in a tour-level match.

En route to the 60-minute win, Osaka fired 13 aces and rolled through her service games with ease. She did not face a break point in the match while breaking the Collins serve five times.

“I’m glad I was able to get through quickly. I focused on trying to hit a lot of really good returns,” Osaka said. “This is actually my first night match too, so I didn’t know what the conditions would be like.” 

“I’m glad that, in a way, I don’t have a good ranking, because I’m able to play the matches that I need to play. I feel like I’m the type of person that plays better with more matches, so actually having back-to-back matches benefits me a lot,” said Osaka after her win.