World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka eased past 16th seed Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals, extending her dominant run at the WTA 1000 tournament. Both players were meeting for the first time since 2018, when Osaka beat Sabalenka at the U.S. Open en route to her maiden major title, but the Belarusian’s power proved too much for the former world No 1.
At one point Osaka seemed in form to potentially take the second set, but Sabalenka quickly snapped back to charge ahead and conclude the match.
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“Yeah that’s crazy, for so many years we only played once I’m pretty sure we are playing many more matches now she’s coming back playing great tennis,” Sabalenka said.
“I’m pretty happy for the result today, much better than last time.
“I’m happy that I put so much pressure on her today, that I brought variety to the court.”My serve worked well. On the return I played really great tennis. Happy with my performance for sure.”Osaka began confidently with a strong opening service game, but top seed Sabalenka soon found her rhythm and capitalised on a brief dip from the Japanese, breaking for 2-1 after two double faults.
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2026-03-10 20:10:00
