On March 11, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA1000 Indian Wells station was contested, and in a focus battle, two Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka and Stephens met. The two have met twice before, and Stephens has won both matches. In today's match, Naomi Osaka stubbornly reversed after losing the first set, knocking out her opponent 2-1.
The two sides broke each other's serves at the start of the first set, and naomi Osaka broke again in the fourth set to take a 3-1 lead. Stephens broke back in the 5th set and then she saved the run to make it 3-3. Naomi Osaka lost again in the 7th set, and stephens deflected the break point to save serve to take a 5-3 lead. Naomi Osaka lost again in the 9th set, and Stephens broke to win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Naomi Osaka scored four consecutive points to break the opponent's serve, and then she saved 2 break points to save the serve. Stephens lost again in the 3rd set and Osaka took a 4-0 lead after a save. Naomi Osaka saved three consecutive break points in the 6th set, Stephens lost the set in the 7th set, and Naomi Osaka won the second set 6-1 after the break.
In the decider, Stephens came up with a series of breaks to take a 2-0 lead. In the 3rd set, Naomi Osaka defused three break points to save, and in the 4th set Naomi Osaka broke to 2-2. Stephens lost again in the 6th set and Naomi Osaka took a 4-2 lead. Stephens had no way back in the 8th set and was broken, and Naomi Osaka sent the invisible egg in six consecutive sets to win the decider 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 53 minutes, Naomi Osaka defeated the American stephens 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 to successfully reach the second round of the tournament. Naomi Osaka will face 21st seed Kudmetova in the next round, who bye in the first round.