Rune vs. Nakashima. Should not be such a difficult game for Rune. But quite the opposite. He did not manage a point in the first set. After 26 minutes the set was already over with 0:6. In the second set, however, he seems to have found some strength again. Just 1:2 after 15 minutes, but he has still difficulties and it looks like he will lose this match.
Rune did end up losing the match against Nakashima. Quite a surprise for me as well to be honest. I thought he was going to win the match without any problem at all. But the results were quite surprising 6-0 and 6-2. These were really horrible results for Rune. He is currently ranked three if recall correctly. So watching him losing this match is definitely surprising for a lot of people. But at the same time, congratulations to Nakashima for being able to win this match without too many problems. he definitely performed well in this match.
Coco Gauff performed really well in this match. I have to say the first set was pretty competitive between them. But still, Coco was able to win that first set. And in the second set, it did not feel like she was facing any problems. She was able to win this match easily in the end, which at least I did not expect.
She managed to maintain her winning streak and that is quite impressive for a player who is still so young like her, facing Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals will be quite a difficult match for her even though her opponent is also not very consistent but Sakkari can sometimes play very well, I think it will be a three-set match.
Iga Swiatek had to go through a very tight match against Caroline Garcia, the first and second sets had to go to a tie break and Garcia managed to make it difficult for Swiatek but the third set was easier for the second seed in this tournament, and Swiatek made it to the semifinals.
The other two quarterfinal matches will also be quite close matches, and Sabalenka vs Rybakina will be the most anticipated, Sabalenka is ahead in H2H but Rybakina is now more consistent in her game and the match will be very tight.
Coco Gauff is going to face Swiatek in her next match. Sakkari was unable to win the match against Coco. Which I think a lot of people did not expect. But in this match, I will say that Coco might not be able to win. I have a feeling that this match is going to be very competitive. And I have said this time and time again that women’s tennis matches are really hard to predict. Anyone can actually end up performing badly on any given day. I won't say that someone has a clear advantage over the other.
