Naomi Osaka saved all four set points she faced in the opening set before beating No. 20 seed Sara Bejlek 7–6(4), 6–4 in Beijing on October 4, 2026. She won 46 of 60 points behind her first serve.
After losing serve late in set one, Osaka immediately broke as Bejlek served for it. She then saved four set points while serving to force a tiebreak and won four of the breaker’s final five points. The set lasted 64 minutes.
At 4–2 in the second, Osaka saved three break points with overheads to hold for 5–2. A double fault on match point later contributed to a lost service game, but she won the following return game after five deuces to close the match.
The victory took Osaka to 28–2 in 2026 matches in which she won the opening set. The two defeats had come against Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid and Elena Rybakina in Toronto. Her next Beijing opponent was No. 7 seed Karolina Muchova.
