Osaka overwhelms Goff opens quarterfinals for the United States – Tennis now
Richard Pagliaro | Monday, September 1, 2025
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New York – bundled on toes behind baseline Naomi Osaka From the beginning, the energy of desire is emitted.
A superb Osaka rematches blockbusters into mismatches.
Osaka broke into the first game and was a fierce leader, unstable Coco Gofu Since the 2020 Championship, she won her first U.S. Open quarterfinals 6-3, 6-2.
Good news in Osaka: This is her first Grand Slam quarterfinal since she became a mom.
Even better news: She continued to win the championship in the first four Osaka hits the Grand Slam quarterfinals.
Over the past decade, the 2018 and 2020 Flushing Meadows champion Osaka remains the only woman to win two U.S. Open titles during this period. Now, she has two wins from competing in the third U.S. Open Championship.
“I’m a little sensitive. I don’t want to cry,” Osaka later told ESPN’s Mary Joe Fernandez. “Honestly, I had a great time here. Two months after I gave birth to my daughter to watch Coco, I was in the stands. [win the 2023 US Open].
“I really want to have a chance to come out and play. This is my favorite court in the world and it means a lot to me. I want to say a lot to my team. It’s not always easy, but they’re always with me, thank you.”
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Six years ago, Osaka educated 15-year-old Goff 6-3 and 6-0 in the third round of the 2019 U.S. Open.
In today’s U.S. Open championship game, Osaka’s sharp Osaka crushed a hasty Goff, who admitted she felt “a little empty” on the court today.
“Naomi has performed well. Today is disappointing because I feel like this is the best I have served
Contest. Many aces.
Double, but I think it’s a good performance for my service.
“On the ground, I think I just made too many mistakes, too many mistakes, and I feel like this is part of the game where I’m most confident in playing the game. So it’s a weird game, like feeling confident about the exchange of different fields.
“Yes, I mean, it’s a disappointment. To be sure, it’s not the level I want to bring, but it’s a step in the right direction, I think there’s so much emotion this week, I think today I just stepped in and I’m probably a little empty. She forced me to win every point today.”
The 23rd seed Osaka served only 42%, but dropped by only 6 points on the serve and did not face a rest point. Osaka won 15 of 16 first-time points and punished Goff’s willful forehand wing with a 64-minute attack.
“It’s definitely really special,” Osaka said. “I look up to her often to be honest. I think the way she behaves is really special.
“Being such an amazing role model at such a young age is the gift and talent she has, and I have respect for her.”
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The subtext of the story is the two Grand Slam champions made a major coaching change last month. Osaka separated from Patrick Mouratoglou and hired former Iga Swiatek coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, who arrived in Montreal and directed the Japanese superstar to the Canadian Open final.
Online, Gauff’s attempt to implement a stroke technique changed new coach Gavin Macmillan, who hired him four days before the start of Uopen, and he has been serving and Western-Grip’s forehand.
Today, Osaka is relaxed and clear, while Goff looks nervous and confused. Although Gauff served 66% and committed five double failures, the rest of her game collapsed in front of the firepower in Osaka.
Time and again, Goff shot fixedly into the net, and by the end of the fourth round, even her backhand bragging, which was arguably the best in the game, had expired online.
Ruling Roland Garros champion Gauff won the victory, was elected to serve and immediately paid for the decision.
A shaking Goff could not find the range on her forehand, turning the stroke into a network to bring Osaka’s opening break.
Osaka commands the forehand exchange of cross-scenes, and with a stronger belief, it repeatedly exhausts Americans’ forehand mistakes.
Gauff’s third double breakdown outside the service line stirred up her game, ending her first set in 31 minutes.
Osaka controlled the court center and used rest time to turn the scene on and off. In between, she surpassed Gauff’s weak wing torture the 2023 championship.
Osaka won 20 of 24 points in the opening match, including stamping two loves.
Osaka said her biggest game was her move coming out of the corner of the court during her Montreal final last month.
The four-time main champion shows that today, Goff tried to stretch her at a toe toe to feet rally. Osaka woke up while running and elicited a reply from the net, saying “Come on!”
Six games entered Gauff’s game. Forehand errors and double faults put Gauff in a double-focus binding.
A tiny golf then gave her two-handed boys to Osaka to win the break and led 4-2.
Osaka tear from 2-ALL to 12 of 15 points, extending to 5-2.
Arthur Ashe Stadium fans tried to evoke Gauff, who led 40-15 in Game 8.
An empty Goff shot three shots in a row, entered the net and ended a game in 64 minutes.
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“I think for me, I’m very upset on the court because it’s my service, but good recovery,” Gough said. “Everyone can agree that it’s like a weird thing in the last two years
idea. Yes, I’m excited because I know part of my game I feel like I’m more than just doing well. Today, I’m excited because I like it would be very good for me if I can do well and still return enough.
“Yes, I think there’s a lot of positive things to go in this game and I want to be positive in front of you. I promise you, you know, I’m not doing that right now, but I’m not going to let this thing smash me.”
Osaka ranked 88th at the time last year and would look back at the Montreal moment and change her season if she continues to take over the third U.S. Open Championship on Saturday.
2023 Montreal finalist Liudmila Samsonova defeated two matches with a score of 6-4, 5-4, 40-15, when Osaka dug out and denied two match points, causing her exciting 4-6, 7-6 (6) and 6-3 comeback conquest in the second leg of Montreal last month in Montreal.
Keeping these match points, Osaka begins to put valid points together instead of resorting to attempting to end points prematurely through a one-time strike.
In that game, Osaka chose both of these options. She has been fighting and has been soaring since then.
“Since then, I’ve played a game at Monreal and I have to save two match points,” Osaka said today. “You just have to do your best and have a smile on your face.”
The 27-year-old Osaka will try to keep this joyful ride as she faces the No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova Semi-finals.
In the stands, Muchova beat her third straight U.S. Open quarterfinals for the fourth time in a row, beating 27-seeded Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-7 (0).
The two-time U.S. Open players have beaten Venus Williams, Solana Silstia, Linda Noskova and Kostic for 53 minutes today. All four of Muchova’s wins spanned at least two hours, while Osaka’s longest game was a three-set victory over Daria Kasatkina, which lasted for an hour and 44 minutes.
