Julia Goerges vs Naomi Osaka

Tennis Prediction

A very hard match is today for online betting: Julia Goerges vs Naomi Osaka played at WTA – SINGLES: Charleston (USA), clay.
Osaka has won the pair’s sole encounter, a qualifying match at 2016 Cincinnati. However, Goerges was ranked at #66 then and has improved a lot since 2016. Moreover, Goerges, season ace leader (125), has a deadly serve to match that of Osaka’s.

Julia Goerges News

Julia Goerges, making her first Charleston appearance since 2014, nearly allowed the opening round match against Kristie Ahn to slip away from her. She led the third set 4-0 but was still forced to play a tiebreaker in the decider.
The German made a total of 60 unforced errors in the match which lasted two hours and 14 minutes. A loss here would have been her third consecutive defeat following the exits at Indian Wells and Miami, to Sevastova and Witthoeft, respectively.
Goerges is bidding to match her Charleston best result, a quarterfinal appearance, which she posted back in 2011.
Following the defeats of Petkovic, Siegemund, and Maria, the fifth seed is the only German to remain in the draw. Germans have won this title thrice since 2009, the year it became a Premier event (same as the Americans).

Naomi Osaka News

Naomi Osaka secured a complicated second-round win over Laura Siegemund. Despite leading the match by a set and break, the 10th seed was forced to save four set points and seal the match in a second set tiebreaker, 10-8.
Osaka improves her season to a 16-5 main draw record. In contrast, she did not register her 16th main draw win in 2017 until the US Open (August).
The bulk of her wins this season (10) has come on the US soil, including her first career title at the Indian Wells. At Miami, she secured a big win over Serena Williams (first woman to defeat Williams before the round of 16 in Miami).
In her previous two Charleston appearances, the Japanese #1 has never been to the quarterfinal of this tournament. She has now made it to the third round for two years in a row. Last year, she lost to Shelby Rogers (6-4 6-2).