 What's up welcome back to tennis talk my name is Cam Williams and we're going to continue our coverage of the Olympics Going through the title run for Naomi Osaka now She is probably going to be one of the favorites going in she is from Japan one of the local hopes Probably going to get a medal at the very least you would expect But this is a road if she wants to win the gold medal for Japan So coming in as the number two seed Osaka will play Zhang from China in the first round currently Zhang is ranked 49 in the world So just inside the top 50 has a career higher of 34 in the world And they've actually played three times in their career with Osaka leading 2-1 in their head-to-head So no surprise that Osaka has the record there and actually played last year at the Australian Open in 2020 with Osaka getting a straight sets wins So you would expect that Osaka should get through her first round match her second round match up could be against the Informed Gologic who is at a career high ranking at 48 in the world and just came off a quarter-final at Wimbledon a few weeks ago So Gologic very tough opponent now these two have never played before so this could be a very difficult opponent for Osaka Having never played this opponent before and of course as I said Gologic in great form at the moment career high ranking Osaka's got to be at her best going by the rankings her third round opponent should be Kiki Bertens now That is obviously not a given because Bertens hasn't had a great year But if she does play Bertens in that third round matchup Bertens is currently ranked number 20 in the world has been as high as Number four in the world was a few years ago now But they've actually played three times before with Osaka leading 2-1 in their head-to-head But the last time they played was back in 2020 in Brisbane on a hard court and it went three sets So Osaka again if she isn't playing her best This could be a very difficult matchup against Bertens in the third round in the quarter-final She's likely to play the world number eight Egas Fiontech Which is by far the toughest opponent in her section of the draw now They've actually played the one time before with Osaka getting the win It was all the way back in 2019 when both players were super young Osaka had won a US Open by then and an Australian Open but no one knew who Egas Fiontech was back then Osaka got the win straight sets there in Canada So it'd be very intrigued to see how these two play against each other two years on they're both champions now And we notice Fiontech has improved a lot not just in the last two years, but even in the last 12 months So hopefully we get that quarter-final and we'll see who wins it But if Saka does get through that tough quarter-final matchup She'll take on the number four seed Spetalina if we're going by the rankings now these two have a very long history Against each other that played a lot of times They've actually played six times before with their head-to-head right down the middle three a piece and plates of epics as well The last time they played however with the 2019 Australian Open and Osaka got the straight sets win So haven't played for a couple of years, but over their careers when they have played it's been a very close contest So again very tough matchup for Osaka if she does play Spetalina However, Spetalina has not been in great form of late So who knows who she plays in the semi-final but based on the rankings She's probably gonna play Spetalina if the rankings do play out Now in the final if we go by the rankings should be playing Ash Barty the world number one now These two have actually played four times before with their head-to-head split down the middle to a piece And the last time they played was a couple of years ago at the China Open in the final of that event It was a big event in Beijing and Osaka got the win in three tight sets It's been a long time since they played a couple of years now Very interested to see how they both play because since then they've both won Grand Slam Of course Osaka's gone on to win the US Open again and the Australian Open again And Barty's gone on to win Wimbledon just a couple of weeks ago So if we do get the gold medal match between the one and two players in the world It should be an absolute epic and I'm very excited to see how these two play against each other two years on Because the last time they played when they're both champions it was a very close contest So there it is the road to the title for Naomi Osaka, of course WTA It's very hard to predict who's gonna play who but I would expect that Osaka's at least gonna make it into the medals Right, she's probably gonna make it to the semi-finals to be playing for gold or playing for bronze at the very least Let me know down the comments below. How far do you think Osaka can go? She's the equal favorite with Barty to win a medal or win the gold medal I should say So let me know down the comments below how far can she go and who's her toughest opponent do you reckon? Is Barty her toughest opponent? Do you think maybe Svetlana can do some damage? I know Sakari's floating around as well So let me know down below who's Osaka's toughest opponent and how far will she go? To Naomi Osaka the hometown hero, she's got a chance of getting a medal this year. Can she do it though?