Alexandra Eala def. Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 — Washington Open 2026 Semifinal

Match recap

Alexandra Eala defeated Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 in the Semifinal of the Washington Open 2026.

The second serve decided it. Naomi Osaka arrived the market's 59 percent favorite, but Alexandra Eala won 82 percent of the points behind her second serve to the third seed's 48 and closed the opener with a break in game 10. Osaka out-aced her 5-0 and saved 8 of 12 break points, but double-faulted five times to Eala's none and held just five of nine service games. With no prior meetings on record between them, Eala converted her third match point 76 minutes in — a week already carrying wins over Svitolina and Zheng now brings a shot at the Washington Open title.

Match stats

Naomi Osaka: 5 aces, 54% first serves, 5 double faults, 1/4 break points. Alexandra Eala: 0 aces, 60% first serves, 1 double fault, 4/12 break points.

Profiles: Naomi Osaka · Alexandra Eala — Washington Open 2026

Head-to-head

This is the first meeting between Naomi Osaka and Alexandra Eala.