Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova | 2024 Madrid Round 2 | WTA Match Highlights 

You have to give credit to how solid her backhand was in this match.

No chance of that happening on clay.

That’s what I thought! Who knows,right?

​@@user-sl7ek3uj1dno way she wins Rome, never...

Disagree. Her movement and fitness is understandably worse than before her maternity break. Samsonova also beat her earlier this year at Indian Wells on a slow hard-court that's tailor-made for Osaka's game. Hopefully she gets it together this year, comebacks aren't easy.

Osaka actually won the match in Indian wells against Samsonova

She’s not in great shape. Period.

​@@broncoguy4862she won straight set againts samsonova at the Indian wells

@@DAlan0909 ...you mean physically or mentally? ....or both? 😮😮

Agreed.

she only plays at that level when someone is from top players wait and see

She needs to work on her fitness. The WTA has some really out of shape players you would never see this on the men’s tour. Never.

@@DAlan0909well she just had a kid. She needs cardio and matches to be match fit. Literally what she’s doing rn. It’s not going to happen overnight

@@DAlan0909 True, hard to find post-pregnancy ATP player :D

​@@DAlan0909it's also hard for ATP players to get pregnant you know...

@@phantomtroupe8430 actually no, that's not all she needs. Strength training, especially postpartum, shows higher significant improvement in both overall health and athletic performance than straight cardio work. No athletes of this caliber should use matches to get fit. They need to get fit from a gym with professional strength coach in order to reach peak performance on the court. And yes, if she can compete, she can do strength training. No excuses on this part.

Those two you mention were brought up playing clay tournament's. Osaka has always struggled on clay.

@@doommonger7784 Well it took them awhile to win big (well at least Maria) on them. One can learn. 😉

It’s like in Rouen few weeks ago

Stop comparing Federer with Osaka. Federer would have atleast 3 French open titles without the GOAT clay court player Nadal. I can't see Osaka to even reach a final of French open let alone winning the title even in the absence of Iga. She is just a one trick pony with no variety in the game, neither she had any consistency.

@@rajusaha855yeah because so many of the top WTA players right now have so much variety right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Don’t be a clown, Osakas problem on this surface is her movement and that’s it.

​@@Alexx22570 even with movement i can't see her winning French open titles. Players like Iga is far better than Osaka. Osaka is just a ball basher nothing else. That's why she lacks consistency & she hardly won anything outside of 4 slams.

It's not just clay, which is one reason she's having trouble string together wins. Coming back from pregnancy isn't easy, hopefully she gets back near to the level where she's a serious threat to the top players.

Absolutely agree with this.

She has never been a good clay court player. In fact I don't think she has ever won a clay title.

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I love drop shots, makes the game more interesting. Stand to far back behind the baseline to play it safe , you are punished.

She can't play on the grass either.

She lost to this same player at Indian Wells. Nothing looks to have changed in either her movement or fitness. Until she improves in those key areas, surface will be irrelevant.

why do you keep saying she lost to Samsonova at Indian Wells... she didn't she beat her

"Cranking out a child"? FFS what boorish and crude language from so many tennis fans. I thought tennis fans and players had more class than that. Guess not.

I'm sure she enjoys the sport but definitely not losing all the time...

Sour face? What the hell you expect after a tough loss? She didn't even frown. You fans are so awful. At the end both players had equally expressionless faces. Really, what the heck are you complaining about?!

Generally, the women are not as good as the men. I'm not talking about physicality; I mean in skill. Usually women have a few big weapons, and that's it. They're not all-around good, which is why there's no clear hierarchy in the women's game. The men, on the other hand, are good at EVERYTHING, so, there's a real pecking-order where the same players dominate for YEARS. The most complete tennis players I think I have seen are POST-2011 Serena Williams and Justine Henin. I actually don't think Graff was great all-around. Her forehand was so monstrous that she bulldozed everyone else. TL:DR Women are not as skilled as the men, all-around, so even the best players in the world have trouble with basic techniques. This does not mean they can never be as skilled, it just that they don't HAVE to be as skilled. Look at Sara Errani, for example...

@@Leomerya12 doubt someone win 23 slams without being well rounded

@@Leomerya12 Yeah I disagree with most of this. First there is a clear hierarchy in the women game. Just check the rankings or who are winning the big titles. Secondly Errani DOES have skill. You don't get to five in the world without skills. It's just that her skills weren't the textbook skills for top tennis players aka powerful serve, big groundstrokes, etc. Her skills were having a high tennis IQ, having a lot of variety, she was great with drop shops, volleying, net play, etc. In her prime she also moved pretty well. So she had plenty of skills. Having said that her obvious flaws in her game kept her from ever winning a big title. The flaws being a hilariously bad serve and not enough power on her ground strokes to keep big hitters from rushing her. Pretty similar to Daria Kasatkina. But Errani in her prime was better because all of her variety. Also disagree that the men are great at everything. The best three men players we've ever seen was Federer, Nadal & Djokovic. The three of three combined to win almost every big title for 15 + years but they had weakness despite that. So you can only imagine the weakness of the other guys. Nadal - For years he used to just spin his serve in with no power on it. He improved it a lot of the years but he never get it to the point where it was a weapon. Also his backhand while not a true weakness there were plenty of periods where it wasn't great either. Federer - we all remember how badly Nadal used to pick on his backhand and the crazy amount of errors Federer would make on it Novak - Similar to Nadal he spent many year where his serve wasn't a weapon. Also he spent a long portion of his career not have much variety in his game. Heck the guy never figured out how to hit a proper smash. And these are the three greatest players EVER. I could do the same for the women. I've never seen a player that didn't have weakness. Iga Swiatek is probably the closest. But even she has weakness hence she doesn't win every match. But Iga has some many strengths no one can consistently exploit her weaknesses. Similarly to how 80% of the tour couldn't exploit Errani weaknesses in her prime but at a much higher level. And that's the key. No one has ever been great at everything and that includes the three greatest MEN players ever.

@@Leomerya12 Swiatek is an all-around player.

Strongest part of Steffi Graf's game was her unbelievable footwoork. Nobody on the women's tour had better footwork than her. It's the footwork that made her FH unbelievable. In terms of adapting her games on every surface, Steffi is the best i have seen (male or female).

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@@user-pk4sj8fs4x no

girl not u asking for everyone

Go away

@@Sylar1968 no

What a stupid thing to repeat. Respect our women!! The ladies that are able to still play professionally after childbirth should be celebrated since OF COURSE it takes a toll on your physique. Yet we still have women able to play professionally, so stop being so disgusting. My God some tennis fans are the absolute worst! Just go away if all you have to say is rubbish about the match and players. No class.

Well, it worked for Kim Clijsters; she won the US Open after having a baby. I think it depends more on the time of life when you have the baby and just how much time you are willing to devote to tennis after giving birth.

Bc she is blck

It is not uncommon for her to play matches like today's, but her play when she wins a Grand Slam is so amazing that she could win against anyone, and if you saw it in real time, you'll definitely be a fan of her. Also, the gap between her strength in tennis and her shy and humble personality is probably one of the reasons why people like her so much.

she won 4 slams but she isnt charismatic like Carlos so Japan being a huge economy, her being half black in woke America is enough. look Coco got attention just based on her skin color automatic Serena comparisons.

Your comments are not as they should be... what are you trying to say???

You're disgusting. Say what you want to say. Hiding behind a dog whistle is pathetic. Say it, you coward. Want to MakeTennisGA? Go back to the days of Margaret Court when the game had 'class' and no Williams sisters, and no Arther Ashe's? Yet here you are with your no class comments. Just say it, it will be cleansing to your soul.

so she actually doesn’t?

She never said this.

She's clearly denied that lol