Spain’s world No.47 Sara Sorribes Tormo eliminated four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open with a confident 6-3 6-1 victory.
Playing only her second match on clay this season, her least favorite surface, former world No.1 Osaka outweighed her 23 winners with 25 unforced errors, while her opponent kept those stats in equilibrium with 3/3. Sorribes Tormo’s superiority was most evident in the first serve department, which translated into a much greater number of break point opportunities, which the Spaniard converted 4 out of 9.