Naomi Osaka vs Coco Gauff Preview & Prediction | 2024 China Open | Round of 16

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This clash between Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff promises to be a cracker in the China Open round of 16 on Tuesday

RANKING POINTS: WTA 1000

START DATE/TIME: Tuesday 1st October, 2024, UK – not before 1:20pm / US ET – not before 8:20am / US PT – not before 5:20am

VENUE: National Tennis Center, Beijing, China

SURFACE: Outdoor hard

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 COCO GAUFF PREDICTION

Naomi Osaka has battled her way to the round of 16 and she now meets Coco Gauff for a place in the quarter-finals. Osaka is enjoying one of her best tournaments for some time and she will gain confidence with every win. She comes off a 6-3 6-2 win over Katie Volynets but she will have to up her game another level against fourth seed Gauff.

Gauff has had a relatively straight forward path to this stage having eased to victory over Clara Burel and then Katie Boulter in straight sets.

Gauff has met Osaka on four previous occasions and the pair have two wins apiece from those matches. They all came between 2019 and 2022 and it is fair to say that it is Gauff who has been the one to improve since then. There are some positive signs that Osaka is working her way back to where she once was but it is hard to go against form and that means Gauff is our pick here

NAOMI OSAKA VS COCO GAUFF TIP: COCO GAUFF TO WIN