Naomi Osaka celebrates her win over Yulia Putintseva Naomi Osaka celebrates her win over Yulia Putintseva 
Naomi Osaka rallied to beat Yulia Putintseva in the second round of the China Open on Fridayampm casino, ending a wait of over two years for a comeback victory. (More Tennis News)
Osaka came from a set down to win 3-6 6-4 6-2 and tee up a third-round meeting with Katie Volynets, extending her winning streak at the Beijing event to eight matches.
She had failed to win any of her previous 22 matches when going a set down, a streak she was mightily relieved to snap.
"I heard that stat from my agent," Osaka told reporters after her win.
"I wanted to break it really badly because I knew that I also had a stat about three-setters before I took my break, so that was really important to me.
"I also wanted to show myself that I could win a match and fight without playing as perfectly as I wanted to."
22 - Naomi Osaka has now broken a 22-match losing streak at WTA level after losing the first set – including Olympics and team events – with her last win from a set down coming against Belinda Bencic in Miami (SF) in 2022. Determined.#ChinaOpen | @ChinaOpen @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/04Ty916qRk
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) September 27, 2024Data Debrief: Back-to-back for Osaka
This is the first time Osaka has won back-to-back matches since June at 's-Hertogenbosch, where she reached the quarter-finals before falling to Bianca Andreescu.
The last time she won from a set downampm casino, meanwhile, was in the Miami Open semi-finals in 2022, when she beat Belinda Bencic before losing to Iga Swiatek in the final.