2018 US Open SF: N. Osaka vs. M. Keys

[kskate2]

Maddy leads the series 3-0

So who will play in the final for their maiden slam?

vs.

 

[britbox]

Keys should be favourite but I'm going with Osaka. She's got incrementally better and she's started knocking on the door.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Madison in straights.

 

[kskate2]

This one is tough to call but I think it goes 3 and I will give Maddy the edge.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Yes glad first match was quick. This ones the one I was looking forward to!

 

[britbox]

Who do you think would give Serena the best match out of these two?

 

[kskate2]

Probably Naomi. She tends to play w/ a bit more margin than Keys and she has confidence because she beat Serena earlier this year. I don't believe Keys has a win over Serena

 

[golds girl]

Who do you think would give Serena the best match out of these two?

Maybe Keys? The moment might be too much for Osaka. I think she mentioned Serena was her idol.

 

[golds girl]

Probably Naomi. She tends to play w/ a bit more margin than Keys and she has confidence because she beat Serena earlier this year. I don't believe Keys has a win over Serena

Lolz..,we said completely opposite things

 

[kskate2]

Lolz..,we said completely opposite things

Serena being her idol didn't stop her from that beatdown she inflicted in MIA. LOL

Besides, Keys is a headcase. She cannot win a slam unless there's a bigger case on the other side.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Rooting for Naomi after last year’s final!

 

[kskate2]

First blood to Naomi 6-2

 

[britbox]

Naomi gets the first.

 

[golds girl]

I wonder if Osaka receives the same level of Japanese fan support that Nishikori does?
Granted Kei has been around longer, but just wondering whether her mixed-race plays a factor. #keepingitreal

 

[britbox]

I wonder if Osaka receives the same level of Japanese fan support that Nishikori does?
Granted Kei has been around longer, but just wondering whether her mixed-race plays a factor. #keepingitreal

I'd expect her profile to be way lower. She's only 20. If she wins the USO I'd imagine her profile would rocket.

 

[tossip]

Sake is very accurate konichiwa...I hope Keys is not tanking

 

[golds girl]

I'd expect her profile to be way lower. She's only 20. If she wins the USO I'd imagine her profile would rocket.

Yeah, it's the first time two Japanese players have made it to a Slam semifinal...very historic

 

[britbox]

Sake is very accurate konichiwa...I hope Keys is not tanking

She's not tanking.

 

[golds girl]

Thinking about if Osaka's dad had chosen the USTA vs. the Japanese TA, we'd really have an exciting new gen player on the women's side.
Don't think we have anyone else in that 18-20 age range :scratch:

 

[tossip]

are her parents still married her mother is sitting with a white dude..