Naomi Osaka vs Lucia Bronzetti Preview & Prediction | 2025 Madrid Open | First Round

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Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka gets her Madrid Open underway against Lucia Bronzetti. 

Ranking points: WTA 1000

Start date/time: Tuesday 22nd April, 2025: UK – not before 11:10am / US ET – not before 6:10am / US PT – not before 3:10am

Venue: Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain

Surface: Outdoor clay

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

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Naomi Osaka vs Lucia Bronzetti prediction

Naomi Osaka showed glimpses of how great she can be with her run to the fourth-round of the Miami Open, winning three successive matches and taking the first set against sixth seed Jessica Paolini before falling to a three-set defeat.

Osaka’s attention now moves to the clay, with this being her first match on the surface since one of the most incredible matches of the French Open last year, where she had a match point against eventual champion Iga Swiatek but lost in three sets.

A performance like that just shows what Osaka can do on clay, even though it is perhaps not her strongest surface. Lucia Bronzetti is her opponent for this one, with the Italian losing in the first-round at both Charleston and Rouen. 

The Japanese star leads the head-to-head 2-0, having beaten Bronzetti in three sets in the first round of the French Open in 2024. We’re backing Osaka to win again but this time in straight sets.

Naomi Osaka vs Lucia Bronzetti tip: Naomi Osaka to win 2-0