{"id":527755,"date":"2026-03-10T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527755\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:35:09","slug":"tennis-wta-bnp-paribas-open-2026-sabalenka-eliminates-osaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527755\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis, WTA \u2013 BNP Paribas Open 2026: Sabalenka eliminates Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 1 seed, defeated Japanese Naomi Osaka, the No 16 seed, 6-2, 6-4<\/a> to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

The world No 1 required 80 minutes to dismantle the four-time Grand Slam champion in a high-velocity encounter on Stadium 1. Sabalenka established dominance from the baseline early, utilizing her superior weight of shot to prevent Osaka from finding a rhythm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Belarusian saved both break points she faced while converting three of her own, she maintained scoreboard pressure throughout the contest to improve her 2026 record to 14-1.<\/p>\n

The key statistical indicator was Sabalenka\u2019s serving efficiency, highlighted by eight aces and a 75% first-serve percentage. Osaka struggled to match this consistency, committing four double faults and winning just 33% of points behind her second delivery.<\/p>\n

Mboko or Anisimova next<\/p>\n

The Belarusian opened the match with immediate pressure, breaking the Osaka serve in the second and fourth games to race to a 4-1 lead. Although Osaka attempted to increase her aggression in the second set, Sabalenka\u2019s defensive coverage forced the Japanese star into uncharacteristic errors during long rallies. A decisive break in the eighth game of the second set allowed Sabalenka to serve out the victory 6-2, 6-4 with a final unreturned first serve.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka advances to the last eight where she will play the winner of the match between Canadian Victoria Mboko, the No 10 seed, and American Amanda Anisimova, the No 6 seed. This quarterfinal appearance keeps the top seed on track for her maiden title in the California desert following two previous runner-up finishes.<\/p>\n


\n \"\"
\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 1 seed, defeated Japanese Naomi Osaka, the No 16 seed, 6-2, 6-4 to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-527755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}